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Unspeakable (CD)

By: Bill Frisell (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Unspeakable (CD) Album By Bill Frisell (Artist)
1   1968
2   White Fang
3   Sundust
4   Del Close
5   Gregory C.
6   Stringbean
7   Hymn For Ginsberg
8   Alias
9   Who Was That Girl?
10   D. Sharpe
11   Fields Of Alfalfa
12   Tony
13   Old Sugar Bear
14   Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (No. 809, p.73) - "[Frisell] presides over a session that romps through soaring orchestral strings and trippy soul jams..." - Grade: B+
Down Beat (p.72) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Frisell has returned to the sultry humidity of clubland with an electro album brimming with ideas and fine playing..."
JazzTimes (p.104) - "Without fail, UNSPEAKABLE's grooves are infectious."

Title Note

Personnel: Bill Frisell (guitar); The 858 Strings (strings); Steve Bernstein (trumpet); Adam Dorn (synthesizer); Tony Scherr (bass guitar); Kenny Wollesen (drums); Don Alias (percussion).

Recording information: The Village North, Hollywood, CA; Eric's PLace, Los Angeles, CA.

On UNSPEAKABLE, Bill Frisell blends his distinctively lush, cerebral guitar style with the easy feel of his 1990s Americana-themed albums and a bit of the avant-garde sensibility of his '80s work, while never directly referencing either of these phases. In fact, the overall sound of UNSPEAKABLE is something new for Frisell--with a few notable exceptions, the record leans toward groove-heavy jams. The presence of horns, Adam Dorn's synthesizer, and the 858 Strings (a violin/viola/cello trio employed throughout the album for accent and effect) brings to mind, at times, the orchestrated, cinematic funk of '70s-era Isaac Hayes ("White Fang"), and, at others, '60s lounge music ("Del Close").

But this is not to say that Frisell has discarded his trademark avant-chamber sensibility. On "D. Sharpe" and "Gregory C.," he creates deeply introspective, atmospheric pieces with help from the 858 Strings and Hal Willner's turntables and samples. Experimental (albeit groove-based) sounds wind through "Stringbean" and the unsettling murmur of "Old Sugar Bear." Overall, the combination of soulful grooves and exploratory impulses, superb arrangements, and fine musicianship (with Frisell's trademark pyrotechnics lending both sophistication and edge) makes UNSPEAKABLE one of the most musically integrated and modern albums of the guitarist's career.

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