For the LJN “10 Tracks I Can’t Do Without” series, in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, Liam Noble writes about Bill Frisell: Bill Freesell. Photo credit: Photo: Monica Jane Frisell Bill Frisell is that rarity, a musician with avant garde leanings who … Read more
By IAN PATTERSON March 14, 2022 Sign in to view read count Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer Philip Watson 560 Pages ISBN: 978-0571361663 Faber & Faber 2022 The great guitar anti-hero Bill Frisell has dreamt of perfect music—an otherworldly blend of unimaginably beautiful sounds. It may be a just a dream, but that hasn’t stopped the … Read more
Philip Watson’s biography “Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music” will be published by Faber on 17 March 2022. Philip Watson has been a prolific feature writer on a broad range of subjects for UK and Irish broadsheets’ supplements and magazines, and also for GQ and Esquire, where he … Read more