Gone, Just Like a Train

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Working in a trio with legendary drummer Jim Keltner (Ry Cooder, John Hiatt) and Nashville bassist Viktor Krauss was, for Frisell, “a dream project come true.” The New York Times called the 1998 recording his “simplest and best recording in years.”

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Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Bill Frisell, an artist who has been called, “the most significant and widely imitated guitarist to emerge in jazz since the beginning of the 1980s” (New York Times), has been widely acknowledged for his restless eclecticism. He moves in yet another musical direction with Gone, Just Like a Train. Recorded in Burbank in 1997, it features Frisell with renowned drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Viktor Krauss in a jam-oriented rock-inflected set that reflects the wide emotional range of Frisell’s compositions.

Frisell first became aware of Jim Keltner when he heard John Hiatt’s record Bring the Family, with Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe. He was immediately fascinated by the recording and by Keltner’s playing and made an arrangement of Hiatt’s “Have a Little Faith in Me,” from which his 1994 Nonesuch recording Have a Little Faith takes its name. In recounting this first collaboration with Keltner, Frisell said, “He’s one of the most inventive, good-feeling, creative, humble, giving, soulful musicians I’ve ever played with.”

Frisell’s collaboration with Viktor Krauss began on his 1997 record Nashville, which MUSICIAN called, “among the earthiest and most deeply felt of Frisell’s many fine recordings.” The guitarist contacted Krauss, who has worked as Lyle Lovett’s exclusive bass player, at the very last minute for those sessions. Frisell later said: “I can’t imagine what might (or might not) have happened if he hadn’t been there. He turned out to be the magic glue that held everything together.” This, and the fact that Krauss is also a big Keltner fan, meant he “had to be the guy” for the new record.

Bill Frisell calls Gone, Just Like a Train “a dream project come true.” He says that Keltner and Krauss "have a lot going on under the surface. Things aren’t always what they seem. Paradox. What I love about music is what cannot be explained. Mystery. These guys have it.”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by: Lee Townsend
Recorded at O’Henry Sound Studios, Burbank
Recording and Mixing Engineer: Judy Clapp
Assistant Engineers: Brett Swain, Jeff Shannon
Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
Assistant Engineer: Mark Slagele
Mastered at Masterdisk; New York City
Engineer: Greg Calbi
Production Assistance: Louisa Spier, Noel Grey

All compositions by Bill Frisell

Design by Gwen Terpstra
Art by Jim Woodring

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79479

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Bill Frisell
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MUSICIANS
Bill Frisell, electric and acoustic guitars
Viktor Krauss, bass
Jim Keltner, drums and percussion

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News & Reviews

  • Ambrose Akinmusire's Nonesuch debut album, Owl Song, featuring guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Herlin Riley, has received critical acclaim since its release in December, including being named among the year's best by the New York Times, Jazzwise, and the Irish Times, which says: "Akinmusire is a generational talent ... From the first notes of the opening title track you know you are in a place of great beauty." DownBeat says: "A quiet rush of gorgeous sound where space, tone and beauty come together in one of the most impactful albums of 2023 ... This is one of the most interesting recordings to come along in a very long time by one of the most interesting artists of our time." The Wall Street Journal says: "It sounds like a tiny, joyous celebration ... Gorgeous details abound." The Financial Times calls him "the standout trumpeter of his generation" and says: "The one-off ensemble becomes a heavenly match." Record Collector says: "Akinmusire opens a fresh chapter in his career with the quietly magnificent Owl Song, arguably his most accomplished recording yet."

  • "This is my reaction to being assaulted by information," composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire says of his Nonesuch debut album, Owl Song, due December 15, featuring a trio with two musicians he has long admired, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Herlin Riley. "This record is me wanting to create a safe space. Part of the challenge was: Can I create something that's oriented around open space, the way some of the records I love the most do?" You can hear "Owl Song 1" here now. The New York Times says: "Akinmusire has been making some of the most intimate, spellbinding music of his career." Pitchfork has called his work "music that seeks peace not just despite a world of unrest, but within it."

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  • About This Album

    Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Bill Frisell, an artist who has been called, “the most significant and widely imitated guitarist to emerge in jazz since the beginning of the 1980s” (New York Times), has been widely acknowledged for his restless eclecticism. He moves in yet another musical direction with Gone, Just Like a Train. Recorded in Burbank in 1997, it features Frisell with renowned drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Viktor Krauss in a jam-oriented rock-inflected set that reflects the wide emotional range of Frisell’s compositions.

    Frisell first became aware of Jim Keltner when he heard John Hiatt’s record Bring the Family, with Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe. He was immediately fascinated by the recording and by Keltner’s playing and made an arrangement of Hiatt’s “Have a Little Faith in Me,” from which his 1994 Nonesuch recording Have a Little Faith takes its name. In recounting this first collaboration with Keltner, Frisell said, “He’s one of the most inventive, good-feeling, creative, humble, giving, soulful musicians I’ve ever played with.”

    Frisell’s collaboration with Viktor Krauss began on his 1997 record Nashville, which MUSICIAN called, “among the earthiest and most deeply felt of Frisell’s many fine recordings.” The guitarist contacted Krauss, who has worked as Lyle Lovett’s exclusive bass player, at the very last minute for those sessions. Frisell later said: “I can’t imagine what might (or might not) have happened if he hadn’t been there. He turned out to be the magic glue that held everything together.” This, and the fact that Krauss is also a big Keltner fan, meant he “had to be the guy” for the new record.

    Bill Frisell calls Gone, Just Like a Train “a dream project come true.” He says that Keltner and Krauss "have a lot going on under the surface. Things aren’t always what they seem. Paradox. What I love about music is what cannot be explained. Mystery. These guys have it.”

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Bill Frisell, electric and acoustic guitars
    Viktor Krauss, bass
    Jim Keltner, drums and percussion

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by: Lee Townsend
    Recorded at O’Henry Sound Studios, Burbank
    Recording and Mixing Engineer: Judy Clapp
    Assistant Engineers: Brett Swain, Jeff Shannon
    Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
    Assistant Engineer: Mark Slagele
    Mastered at Masterdisk; New York City
    Engineer: Greg Calbi
    Production Assistance: Louisa Spier, Noel Grey

    All compositions by Bill Frisell

    Design by Gwen Terpstra
    Art by Jim Woodring

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