Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer (eBook)

Philip Watson (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
400 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-36170-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill 'A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.' JOHN ZORN 'The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.' MOJO 'Outlines the subject's life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.' IRISH TIMES Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range of artists and admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Gus Van Sant and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, all of whom feature in this book. A vital addition to any music lover's book collection, Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer tells the legendary guitarist's story for the first time. 'Stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there's an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down.' NEW YORKER 'Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer is the definitive biography.' BILL MILKOWSKI, DOWNBEAT 'Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail. Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous prose.' PERSPECTIVE '[Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell's playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.' WALL STREET JOURNAL

Formerly deputy editor at GQ and editor-at-large at Esquire, Philip Watson has contributed in-depth features to numerous publications, including the Guardian, Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times, Irish Times and The Wire. He has interviewed musicians such as Nick Cave, Gil Scott-Heron, Paul Weller, D'Angelo and many others, and has appeared on radio and television in the UK and Ireland. Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer is his first book. He lives in Ireland.

Autor

Philip Watson was deputy editor at GQ and editor-at-large at Esquire, and has appeared on radio and television in the UK and Ireland. His in-depth features have appeared in the Telegraph Magazine, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Irish Times, London Evening Standard and The Wire, and he has interviewed icons such as Nick Cave, Gil Scott-Heron, Elvis Costello, D'Angelo and many others. Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer is his first book.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Schlagworte: all gates open • Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamers, Paul Motian, Joey Baron, Wayne Horvitz, Kermit Driscoll, John Zorn, Naked City, ECM, Blue Note, Marianne Faithfull, Elvis Costello, New York City Downtown Scene, Allen Ginsberg, David Byrne, Arthur Russell, Wild Combination, East/West, Valentine, Guitar in the Space Age, All We Are Saying, Big Sur, Unspeakable, Disfarmer, Gone Just Like a Train, Good Dog Happy Man, Go West, Buster Keaton • But Beautiful • Different Every Time • Ian Carr, Miles Davis, Geoff Dyer, But Beautiful, All Gates Open, Rob Young, Different Every Time, Leonard Cohen • jazz biography, music biography, biography, jazz music, music, folk, bluegrass, americana, blues, music gift, music appreciation, music study • John Coltrane • Leonard Cohen • Miles Davis • NPR Tiny Desk Concerts, Song Exploder, Dissect, Sound Opinions, KRCW’s Lost Notes, Broken Record, Hanging Out With Audiophiles • Paul Simon, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Gus Van Sant, Rhiannon Giddens, The Bad Plus, Gavin Bryars, Van Dyke Parks, Sam Amidon, Hal Willner, Jim Woodring, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill • Vinyl Factory, The Wire, Pitchfork, NPR, NME, Rolling Stone, Quietus, Downbeat, Offbeat, Jazz Review, JazzTimes, JazzWise • Vinyl music
• ISBN-10: 0-571-36170-6 / 0571361706
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-36170-0 / 9780571361700