Unspeakable

by Bill Frisell

Unspeakable cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 August 2004
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:11
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earning a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, the eclectic guitarist heavily incorporates sample loops and turntable scratching provided by Hal Willner. The record pushes his boundary-defying sound into funky, soul-jazz-infused fusion while retaining his unmistakably warm, Americana-tinged guitar tone.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion

Tracklist

  1. 1968 (4:36)
  2. White Fang (5:39)
  3. Sundust (2:37)
  4. Del Close (5:03)
  5. Gregory C. (5:38)
  6. Stringbean (5:57)
  7. Hymn For Ginsberg (2:25)
  8. Alias (7:56)
  9. Who Was That Girl? (4:50)
  10. D. Sharpe (4:11)
  11. Fields Of Alfalfa (3:38)
  12. Tony (3:37)
  13. Old Sugar Bear (7:11)
  14. Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye (8:59)

Credits

  • Bill Frisell - primary artist, guitar, arranged by [string arrangement], written-by, guitar [guitars]
  • Noah Woods - illustration [illustrations]
  • Tony Scherr - bass, guitar, written-by
  • Hank Roberts - cello
  • Kenny Wollesen - drums, written-by
  • Don Alias - percussion
  • Eyvind Kang - viola
  • Jenny Scheinman - violin
  • Hal Willner - Turntables, Written-By, Sampler [Samples]
  • Briggan Krauss - Baritone Saxophone
  • Adam Dorn - Edited By [Additional Editing], Synth
  • Curtis Fowlkes - Trombone
  • Steven Bernstein - Trumpet, Arranged By [Horn Arrangement], Written-By
  • Andrew Grossart - Written-By [Contains Samples From "The Omen (Religious Chant)" By]
  • Paul Williams - Written-By [Contains Samples From "The Omen (Religious Chant)" By]
  • C. Brill - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Twisted Soul" By]
  • G. Koek - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Twisted Soul" By]
  • H. Ebring - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Calm" By]
  • Guy Warren - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Tribal Calling" By]
  • Eric Liljestrand - Written-By
  • Klaus Weiss - Written-By ["Dramatic Tempi" Written By]
  • Kai Rautenberg - Written-By [Contains A Sample From "Talking Machine" By]
  • Eric Vann - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Lullabass" And "Bass Drone 1/2" By]
  • Cath Baxter - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Whispers" By]
  • Alan Parker - Written-By [Based On A Melody From "Play It Cool" By]
  • Anthony King - Written-By [Based On A Melody From "Sprightly Spirit" And "Funky Dromedary" By]
  • Keith Papworth - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Journey Into Sound No. 4" And "Lunar Probe" By]
  • Dick Walter - Written-By, Written-By [Based On A Melody From "Spry Guy" By]
  • Jean Bouch茅ty - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Lifeblood Submix" And "Ralph's Gavotte" By]
  • Otto Sieben - Written-By, Written-By [Contains Samples From "Pagan Flute B" By]
  • Trevor Duncan - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Shock Treatment Background No. 1" By]
  • Gordon Grant - Written-By, Written-By [Contains Samples From "Dirty John Crown" By]
  • Sammy Burdson - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Disintegration 2/3" By]
  • Etienne Cap - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Identification" And "Newcomer 3" By]
  • Eric Towren - Written-By [Contains Samples From "L'Erebe, B." By]
  • Teddy Lasry - Written-By, Written-By [Based On "Sonate En Plein Ciel" By]
  • D. Keller - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Meisl Jodler" By]
  • Mac Gillar - Written-By [Contains Samples From "Sound Of Crickets" By]

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