Released 1994 Length 65:28 Release date 1994 Label Nonesuch Records Inc. | Recorded October, 1992 Artist Bill Frisell Producer Lee Townsend Genres Jazz, Americana, Post-bop | |
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Studio Mastersound Astoria, New York This Land
(1994) Go West Music for the Films of Buster Keaton
(1995) Similar Have a Little Faith, Before We Were Born, Where in the World?, The High Sign/One Week, Gone - Just Like a Train | ||
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This Land is the fifth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1994 and features performances by Frisell, Billy Drewes, Curtis Fowlkes, Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4 stars stating "The guitarist's now familiar penchant for constructing climactic opuses framed upon his deft utilization of volume control and often-slithery mode of attack counterbalances the horn sections' pumping notes and harmonious choruses. Essentially, melody is the key throughout these pleasantly arranged pieces, as Frisell makes his axe talk and cry while also partaking in lustrous unison lines with Don Byron (clarinet), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), and Billy Drewes (alto sax). Overall, This Land signifies yet another powerful statement by this wonderfully inventive musician. Recommended!".
Track listing
All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.
- "Is it Sweet?" – 5:05
- "Strange Meeting" – 6:18
- "Jimmy Carter" (Part 1) – 2:03
- "Jimmy Carter" (Part 2) – 5:22
- "This Land" – 3:15
- "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:17
- "Amarillo Barbados" – 4:13
- "Monica Jane" – 4:59
- "Resistor" – 6:56
- "Julius Hemphill" – 9:53
- "Unscientific Americans" – 0:46
- "Cartoon" – 6:22
- "Rag" – 4:18
- "Tag" (Frisell, Baron) – 1:45
Personnel
Songs
1Is It Sweet?5:09
2Strange Meeting6:22
3Jimmy Carter - Part 12:06