History, Mystery

by Bill Frisell

History, Mystery cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 May 2008
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:30:20
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The celebrated jazz guitarist draws inspiration from an eclectic array of sources, incorporating strings and horns into his typically sweeping, Americana-tinged compositions. The ambitious double album originally took shape as an accompaniment to an NPR documentary series, resulting in a highly evocative, cinematic set of improvisations.

Genres

Descriptors: history

Tracklist

  1. Imagination (1:51)
  2. Probability Cloud (4:45)
  3. Probability Cloud Part 2
  4. Out Of Body (2:27)
  5. Struggle (6:25)
  6. A Momentary Suspension Of Doubt (0:38)
  7. Onward (1:38)
  8. Baba Drame (4:59)
  9. What We Need (5:21)
  10. A Change Is Gonna Come (8:49)
  11. Jackie-ing (2:55)
  12. Show Me (3:16)
  13. Boo And Scout (2:28)
  14. Struggle Part 2
  15. Heal (9:25)
  16. Another Momentary Suspension Of Doubt (0:37)
  17. Probability Cloud (Reprise) (1:36)
  18. Monroe (4:21)
  19. Lazy Robinson (2:18)
  20. Question #1 (1:14)
  21. Answer #1 (0:40)
  22. Faces (1:52)
  23. Sub-Conscious Lee (5:39)
  24. Monroe Part 2
  25. Question #2 (0:56)
  26. Lazy Robinson Part 2
  27. What We Need Part 2
  28. Waltz For Baltimore (8:47)
  29. Answer #2 (1:50)
  30. Monroe Part 3

Credits

  • Tony Scherr - bass
  • Hank Roberts - cello
  • Ron Miles - cornet
  • Kenny Wollesen - drums
  • Karina Beznicki - production manager [production supervision]
  • Greg Tardy - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Eyvind Kang - viola
  • Jenny Scheinman - violin
  • Bill Frisell - Primary Artist
  • Boubacar Traor茅 - Composed By
  • Sam Cooke - Composed By
  • Thelonious Monk - Composed By
  • Lee Konitz - Composed By

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