Bill Frisell
Kermit Driscoll
Joey Baron
LIVE
1 Throughout 6:42
2 Rag 5:17
3 Crumb/No Moe 6:35
4 Have A Little Faith In Me 5:12
5 Pip, Squeak/Goodbye 8:56
6 Hello Nellie 8:13
7 Strange Meeting 6:45
8 Hangdog 3:25
9 Child At Heart 10:39
10 Again 5:50
11 When We Go 3:49
All Compositions by Bill Frisell
except "No Moe" by Sonny
Rollins and "Have A Little
Faith In Me" by John Hiatt
Another excellent album by the Bill Frisell Band with
Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron, Live encounters the band fooling
around on Frisell's simple melodies. This album is a little more out than
a lot of current fans of Frisell might be used to, but for those with a
taste for noise and a love of improvisation, this album is incredible.
It has a little more of a rock flavor than a lot of Frisell's other material,
with Frisell wailing out some mean solos. This is the other side of the
Bill Frisell Band which created the gorgeous Go West. The interesting
idea of this album is that songs are often defined by melody and the number
of bars in a chorus. Using those two factors as signposts, the band then
proceeds to pull apart songs, improvising new rhythms, time signatures
and sounds with a turn-on-a-dime precision. Must be heard to be believed.
Of particular note is the incredible Joey Baron,
who I think someone once called a Jedi rhythmast. That is one of the best
descriptions I have ever heard of Baron's playing, which is supernaturally
adaptive and appealing. Like the light sabre battles from the Star Wars
movies, Joey Baron's playing has viscerally appealing quality that is complex
and lyrical.
This is a great album for anyone who likes the rock
and noise edge of Frisell, and may especially appeal to fans of Naked
City.
Bill Frisell guitar
Kermit Driscoll bass
Joey Baron drums
Recorded live at Teatro Lope de Vega, Sevilla,
Spain
"Terceros Encuentros de Nueva Musica", October
27, 1991
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