This Land
by Bill Frisell
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 March 1994
- Label: Elektra Nonesuch
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:05:55
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Guitarist Bill Frisell formally codifies his distinct fusion of jazz improvisation and heartland Americana roots music. 'This Land' features a versatile horn section and Frisell's signature shimmering guitar tone, weaving complex avant-garde jazz structures into deeply pastoral, distinctly American melodic forms.
Genres
Descriptors: experimental, guitar-driven, atmospheric, genre-blending, diverse
Tracklist
- Is It Sweet? (5:08)
- Strange Meeting (6:21)
- Jimmy Carter (Pt. 1) (2:05)
- Jimmy Carter (Pt. 2) (5:22)
- This Land (3:12)
- Dog Eat Dog (4:20)
- Amarillo Barbados (4:14)
- Monica Jane (5:01)
- Resistor (6:57)
- Julius Hemphill (9:51)
- Unscientific Americans (0:47)
- Cartoon (6:26)
- Rag (4:21)
- Tag (1:44)
Credits
- Bill Frisell - primary artist, composed by [all compositions by], guitar, guitar instrument
- Billy Drewes - alto saxophone, alto saxophone instrument
- Don Byron - clarinet, bass clarinet, bass clarinet clarinet, bass clarinet clarinet instrument
- Joey Baron - composed by [composition by], drums, drums (drum set), drums (drum set) instrument
- Mark Slagle - edited by
- Kermit Driscoll - electric bass, acoustic bass, double bass electric bass guitar, double bass electric bass guitar instrument
- Curtis Fowlkes - trombone, trombone instrument