Nashville (Bill Frisell album)

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Nashville
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Studio album by
Bill Frisell
ReleasedApril 29, 1997
RecordedSeptember 1995–November 1996
StudioSound Emporium, Nashville, TN
Genre Folk jazz
New Acoustic
Progressive bluegrass
Americana
Length63:18
Label Elektra Nonesuch
Producer Wayne Horvitz
Bill Frisell chronology
Quartet
(1996)		Nashville
(1997)		 Gone, Just Like a Train
(1998)
Alternative cover
Nashville frisell.jpg

Nashville is the ninth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label and his first to be recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in 1997 and features performances by Frisell, bassist Viktor Krauss, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ron Block on banjo and Adam Steffey on mandolin, with guest appearances from Robin Holcomb on vocals and Pat Bergeson on harmonica. [1]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "record is both genuine and alien – while played with real affection for the country form and without any avant posturing, its sound is original and distinct, a cinematic variation on C&W tenets". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

  1. "Gimme a Holler" – 5:02
  2. "Go Jake" – 4:27
  3. "One of These Days" (Young) – 4:51
  4. "Mr. Memory" – 3:59
  5. "Brother" – 6:03
  6. "Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands" (Dickens) – 3:09
  7. "Keep Your Eyes Open" – 3:31
  8. "Pipe Down" – 6:50
  9. "Family" – 5:22
  10. "We're Not from Around Here" – 4:22
  11. "Dogwood Acres" – 5:28
  12. "Shucks" – 4:15
  13. "The End of the World" (Kent, Dee) – 3:32
  14. "Gone" – 2:00

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Nonesuch Records album info accessed 12 September 2008.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, J. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 514. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.


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