Is That You?

by Bill Frisell

Is That You? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 May 1990
  • Label: Elektra Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:44
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Highlighting the guitarist's wildly eclectic sensibilities, 'Is That You?' freely traverses avant-garde jazz, warped Americana, and complex jazz-rock fusion. The unpredictable arrangements and distinctive, effect-laden tone cement his reputation as a fearless innovator.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, complex, melodic, avant-garde, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. No Man's Land (6:42)
  2. Someone in My Backyard (2:51)
  3. Rag (4:07)
  4. Is That You? (6:53)
  5. The Way Home (6:01)
  6. Twenty Years (2:46)
  7. Chain of Fools (3:31)
  8. Hello Nellie (4:11)
  9. The Days of Wine and Roses (3:41)
  10. Yuba City (5:44)
  11. Half a Million (4:05)
  12. Hope and Fear (1:07)

Credits

  • Bill Frisell - primary artist, composed by, guitar [guitars], bass, banjo, ukulele, clarinet, banjo bass clarinet guitar ukulele, ukulele instrument, guitar instrument, clarinet instrument, bass instrument, banjo instrument
  • Kronos Quartet - commissioned by
  • Ravinia Festival - commissioned by
  • Don Covay - composed by
  • Henry Mancini - composed by
  • Joey Baron - drums, drums (drum set), drums (drum set) instrument
  • David Hofstra - tuba, bass
  • Wayne Horvitz - keyboard instrument, bass instrument, drum machine programming

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