June 30th, 2011
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by Gene Armstrong
A monster guitarist, Bill Frisell is adept at playing bebop, rock, free jazz, blues, noisy skronk, pop, country and bluegrass. For this outing, he convened a chamber-jazz ensemble featuring violinist Jenny Scheinman, violist Eyvind Kang and cellist Hank Roberts—all righteous avant-garde players on their own—to play 17 Americana-influenced compositions that combine the influences of Kronos Quartet, Gil Evans and Aaron Copland, among others.…
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