Disfarmer

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Disfarmer
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Studio album by Bill Frisell
Released July 21, 2009
Recorded February 2008; May 2008
Studio Avast Studio, Seattle; Sound Emporium, Nashville
Genre Folk jazz
New Acoustic
Americana
Length71:28
Label Elektra Nonesuch
Producer Lee Townsend
Bill Frisell chronology
History, Mystery
(2008)		Disfarmer
(2009)		 Beautiful Dreamers
(2010)

Disfarmer is the 21st album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Nonesuch label. [1] It features music written to accompany a retrospective of photographs taken by Mike Disfarmer.

Bill Frisell American musician

William Richard Frisell is an American guitarist, composer and arranger. One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell came to prominence as a stalwart for ECM Records. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a member of the New York City Downtown Scene where he formed a long partnership with John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since 2000, Frisell's eclectic output as a bandleader has emphasized folk, country music, and Americana.

Nonesuch Records American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and based in New York City

Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Bros. Records, and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Nonesuch has developed into a label that records critically acclaimed music from a wide range of genres. Robert Hurwitz was president of the company from 1984 to 2017.

Mike Disfarmer (1884–1959) was an American photographer whose portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas became regarded as art some years after his death.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "the players are all excellent, but nobody here, not even Frisell, shines. Still, it is a pleasant recording to listen to if not hang on to. It floats and hovers about the room as a peaceful backdrop. Disfarmer is to be taken as a soundtrack rather than as a Frisell album proper, and listened to as a series of sketches rather than as a fully assembled statement from the artist". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

  1. "Disfarmer Theme" – 5:37
  2. "Lonely Man" – 1:15
  3. "Lost, Night" – 1:50
  4. "Farmer" – 1:03
  5. "Focus" – 2:26
  6. "Peter Miller's Discovery" – 4:43
  7. "That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 3:10
  8. "Little Girl" – 3:42
  9. "Little Boy" – 1:16
  10. "No One Gets In" – 2:47
  11. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 2:48
  12. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams" 3:50
  13. "Shutter, Dream" (Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman) – 4:26
  14. "Exposed" – 2:12
  15. "The Wizard" – 1:52
  16. "Think" – 4:37
  17. "Drink" – 4:29
  18. "Play" – 1:32
  19. "I Am Not a Farmer" – 3:36
  20. "Small Town" – 1:00
  21. "Arkansas Part 1" – 1:53
  22. "Arkansas Part 2" – 2:19
  23. "Arkansas Part 3" – 1:54
  24. "Lost Again, Dark" – 2:06
  25. "Natural Light" – 2:59
  26. "Did You See Him?" – 2:06

Personnel

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Gregory Brian Leisz is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.

Jenny Scheinman American jazz violinist and composer

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Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss.

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References

  1. ↑ Bill Frisell discography accessed August 2, 2011
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
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