Quartet

by Bill Frisell

Quartet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 April 1996
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:36
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding beyond traditional post-bop frameworks, the acclaimed guitarist leads an unconventional ensemble featuring trumpet, tuba, and trombone. The interplay gracefully navigates between moody cinematic Americana and highly abstract, pastoral avant-garde jazz improvisation without traditional rhythm section support.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, avant-garde, instrumental, technical

Tracklist

  1. Tales From The Far Side (6:32)
  2. Twenty Years (3:15)
  3. Stand Up, Sit Down (5:39)
  4. Convict 13 (3:56)
  5. In Deep (3:11)
  6. Egg Radio (5:07)
  7. The Bacon Bunch (4:27)
  8. Prelude (1:37)
  9. Bob's Monsters (8:46)
  10. The Gallows (6:15)
  11. What? (7:03)
  12. Dead Ranch (4:28)
  13. Coffaro's Theme (4:27)

Credits

  • Bill Frisell - primary artist, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, written-by
  • Thomas Hart Benton - illustration
  • Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
  • Ron Miles - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, written-by
  • Eyvind Kang - violin, tuba

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