Is That You?

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On this Wayne Horvitz-produced set, Frisell plays bass, banjo, ukulele and clarinet, along with guitar. He performs original compositions as well as takes on Henry Mancini’s “The Days of Wine and Roses” and Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.”

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The CD of this album is available to purchase at ArkivMusic.

On this Wayne Horvitz-produced set, Frisell plays bass, banjo, ukulele and clarinet, along with guitar. He performs original compositions as well as takes on Henry Mancini’s “The Days of Wine and Roses” and Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Wayne Horvitz
Recorded at Ironwood Studios, Seattle, August 1989
Engineer: Jay Follette
Mixed at Skyline Studios, New York City, January 1990
Engineer: Roger Moutenot
Assistant Engineer: Jon Goldberger

All songs by Bill Frisell except track 7 by Don Covay, track 9 by Henry Mancini, track 10 by Yuba City

Art direction and design: Manhattan Design
Photography: Stephen Frailey

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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60956

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Bill Frisell
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Bill Frisell, guitars, bass, banjo, ukelele, clarinet
Wayne Horvitz, keyboards, drum programming, momentary bass
Joey Baron, drums
Dave Hofstra, tuba (4,8), bass (7)

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News & Reviews

  • "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."

  • Ahead of the long-awaited world premiere of Omar, the opera composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, next Friday, Giddens has released her own recording of the song “Julie’s Aria” from the opera. The recording was made by Giddens with guitarist Bill Frisell and her frequent collaborator Francesco Turrisi. Omar is based on the life and autobiography of enslaved Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said, who was forcefully brought to Charleston from Africa in 1807. “My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard," Giddens says, "but that can also add to the conversation about what’s going on now. This is a story that hasn’t been represented in the operatic world—or in any world.” Omar will also be performed by LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Carolina Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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  • About This Album

    The CD of this album is available to purchase at ArkivMusic.

    On this Wayne Horvitz-produced set, Frisell plays bass, banjo, ukulele and clarinet, along with guitar. He performs original compositions as well as takes on Henry Mancini’s “The Days of Wine and Roses” and Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.”

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Bill Frisell, guitars, bass, banjo, ukelele, clarinet
    Wayne Horvitz, keyboards, drum programming, momentary bass
    Joey Baron, drums
    Dave Hofstra, tuba (4,8), bass (7)

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by Wayne Horvitz
    Recorded at Ironwood Studios, Seattle, August 1989
    Engineer: Jay Follette
    Mixed at Skyline Studios, New York City, January 1990
    Engineer: Roger Moutenot
    Assistant Engineer: Jon Goldberger

    All songs by Bill Frisell except track 7 by Don Covay, track 9 by Henry Mancini, track 10 by Yuba City

    Art direction and design: Manhattan Design
    Photography: Stephen Frailey

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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