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Bill Frisell

1951-03-18 (73 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.

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Even Hell Has Its Heroes
0 %|Mar 16, 2023
Documentary, Music
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Music for Black Pigeons
66 %|Jan 26, 2023
Documentary
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Inside Scofield
0 %|Dec 2, 2022
Documentary, Music
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Motian in Motion
0 %|Apr 18, 2020
Documentary
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Carmine Street Guitars
72 %|Aug 30, 2018
Documentary
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Bill Frisell: A Portrait
53 %|Mar 12, 2017
Documentary
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McCoy Tyner - Guitars
70 %|Jun 22, 2008
Music, Documentary
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Homeland: The Story of the Lark
0 %|Jun 22, 2010
Music, Documentary

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