Girish Mahajan (Editor)

The Intercontinentals

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
2003

The Intercontinentals (2003)
  
Unspeakable (2004)

Release date
  
18 February 2003

Label
  
Nonesuch Records Inc.

Length
  
70:27

Artist
  
Bill Frisell

Producer
  
Lee Townsend

The Intercontinentals httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen003The

Genres
  
World music, Jazz fusion, Ethno jazz

Similar
  
Bill Frisell albums, Other albums

The Intercontinentals is the 16th album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2003 and features performances by Frisell, Sidiki Camara, Vinicius Cantuaria, Christos Govetas, Greg Leisz and Jenny Scheinman.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "This is a remarkable album; its sets a new watermark for Frisell's sense of adventure and taste, and displays his perception of beauty in a pronounced, uncompromising, yet wholly accessible way. ".

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

  1. "Boubacar" – 6:13
  2. "Good Old People" – 5:25
  3. "For Christos" – 6:13
  4. "Baba Drame" (Traoré) – 5:18
  5. "Listen" – 6:47
  6. "Anywhere Road" – 1:52
  7. "Procissão" (Gil) – 6:43
  8. "The Young Monk" (Traditional) – 2:23
  9. "We Are Everywhere" – 7:06
  10. "Yála" (Govetas) – 5:47
  11. "Perritos" (Cantuaria) – 4:33
  12. "Magic" – 5:54
  13. "Eli" – 4:15
  14. "Remember" – 1:36

Personnel

  • Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops, bass
  • Sidiki Camara – calabash, djembe, congas, percussion, vocals
  • Vinicius Cantuaria – electric and acoustic guitars,vocals, drums, percussion
  • Christos Govetas – oud, vocals, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – slide guitars, pedal steel guitar
  • Jenny Scheinman – violin

    • Songs

    1Boubacar6:14
    2Good Old People5:26
    3For Christos6:17

    References

    The Intercontinentals Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA