Valentine (Bill Frisell album)

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Valentine
VALENTINE - album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Bill Frisell
Released14 August 2020
Recordedlate 2019
Studio Flora Recording & Playback, Portland, OR
Genre Jazz
Length65:27
Label Blue Note
Producer Lee Townsend
Bill Frisell chronology
Harmony
(2019)		Valentine
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Jazz Journal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
RIFF8/10 [6]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tom Hull B+ [9]

Valentine is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. [10] The album was released on 14 August 2020 by Blue Note. [2] This is his second release on the label.

Contents

Reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic stated, "Valentine is a portrait of this trio at a creative peak. While not the liveliest record in Frisell's catalog, it is one of his most inquiring, rhythmically inventive, and lyrical. Given his voluminous discography, that's saying plenty." [2] Ian Patterson of All About Jazz noted, "With Valentine, Frisell, Royston and Morgan revel in the tight but loose interplay that is a hallmark of the best groups, plying a course as deeply lyrical as it is adventurous. Feels like the beginning of a great adventure." [1] Jazz Journal review by Elliot Marlow-Stevens commented, "Valentine represents the more reserved, gentle approach to music that he demonstrated on albums like 1992’s Have a Little Faith . Nonetheless, it is still a highly original album, delivered with the ability and skill of a veteran jazz guitarist." [5] Jake Cole in his review for Spectrum Culture stated, "A breezy combination of blues, folk and jazz, Frisell’s latest is the sound of a maestro gently flexing his immense skills." [7] Chris Pearson of The Times wrote, "Bill Frisell has been exploring the fringes of jazz guitar so much lately that a trio album arrives as a bold departure. Yet the familiar elements remain: nostalgia, solitude and contemplation cloaked in an atmosphere of dead-of-night tranquillity." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baba Drame" Boubacar Traoré 4:59
2."Hour Glass"Frisell2:59
3."Valentine"Frisell6:28
4."Levees"Frisell6:04
5."Winter Always Turns to Spring"Frisell5:11
6."Keep Your Eyes Open"Frisell6:05
7."A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" Billy Strayhorn 7:23
8."Electricity"Frisell3:19
9."Wagon Wheels" Billy Hill, Peter DeRose 4:15
10."Aunt Mary"Frisell3:19
11."What the World Needs Now Is Love" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 5:56
12."Where Do We Go?"Frisell3:09
13."We Shall Overcome"Traditional6:26
Total length:65:27

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Patterson, Ian (August 3, 2020). "Bill Frisell: Valentine album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Jurek, Thom (2020). "Valentine - Bill Frisell | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Hobart, Mike. "Valentine - unrivalled in jazz". Financial Times . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Considine, J.D. (August 2020). "Bill Frisell Valentine (Blue Note)". DownBeat . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 Marlow-Stevens, Elliot (11 August 2020). "Bill Frisell: Valentine". Jazz Journal . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Heilman, Max (13 August 2020). "ALBUM REVIEW: Bill Frisell writes a love letter to his trio with 'Valentine'". RIFF Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 Cole, Jake (26 August 2020). "Bill Frisell: Valentine". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. 1 2 Pearson, Chris (August 7, 2020). "Bill Frisell: Valentine review — a guitarist with a knack for revealing the secret heart of a tune". The Times . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Bill Frisell". Tom Hull . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Bill Frisell "Valentine":: New Album Out Now". Blue Note. August 14, 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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