Light, fluid, elegant—he is, at heart, a tap-dancer.
Paul Motian Quintet (PM, drums; Bill Frisell, guitar; Lee Konitz, alto saxophone; Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone; Marc Johnson, bass); “How Deep Is The Ocean?”; live, Italy (Umbria Jazz Festival), 1995
More Bill Frisell? Here. And here.
Lee Konitz? Here.
two takes
“La-La Means I Love You”
The Delfonics, live, 2008 (originally recorded 1968)
*****
Bill Frisell, live, New York (Rochester), 2007
Watching late night TV, you drift in and out of sleep.
In the morning, you recall a commercial you saw—or dreamed.
And you say to yourself, “Buddhist Country Classics?”
Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Bill Frisell, guitar; Jerry Douglas, Dobro; Viktor Krauss, bass), “Just a Wave, Not the Water,” live (TV broadcast), 1997
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