Bill Frisell
Known for: Sound
Born: March 18, 1951
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.
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Filmography
35 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.6
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023
6.0
Even Hell Has Its Heroes
2023
6.8
Music for Black Pigeons
2023
NR
Inside Scofield
2022
NR
Motian in Motion
2020
NR
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
2020
5.5
Truth or Consequences
2020
7.2
Carmine Street Guitars
2018
7.0
Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
2017
7.0
Bill Frisell Trio - Melbourne Jazz Festival 2017
2017
5.8
Bill Frisell: A Portrait
20176.5
Bill Frisell - Guitar In The Space Age - Maison de la Culture 2014
20147.0
Bill Frisell Big Sur Sextet - Festival Jazz Vitoria-Gasteiz
2013
6.7
The Great Flood
2012
NR
Doppelgänger Paul
2012
6.0
Bill Frisell plays John Lennon La Villete Jazz Festival
20127.0
Bill Frisell - Solos - The Jazz Sessions
2010
NR
Homeland: The Story of the Lark
20103.1
Portrait of a Man
2010
NR
Spookhuis
2009
7.0
McCoy Tyner - Guitars
2008
3.1
All Hat
2007
8.0
The Mesmerist
2003
6.8
A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
2002NR
Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal
2002
7.1
Finding Forrester
2000
9.0
Pop
1999
6.4
American Hollow
1999
7.6
Tales from the Far Side II
1997
6.4
The Film of Her
1996
4.2
Four Boys in a Volvo
1996
6.8
La scuola
1995
7.1
Tales from the Far Side
1994
NR
John Zorn's Naked City
1992
5.5
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988NR
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
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