Bill Frisell
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RecommendedAndrew Cyrille Quartet, Andrew Cyrille (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar), David Virelles (piano, synthesizer), Ben Street (double bass)
Subtle, reflective and occasionally nostalgic in a knowing sort of way, this album exceeds the sum of its parts while at the same time allowing those parts to retain their identities…Wonderful,... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Downbeat, Editor's Pick, August 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Jazz Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, August 2021
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Lines are precise, emotions finely drawn and trumpeter Ron Miles renders his compositions with a delicate blend of tenderness and spikiness. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, June 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
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This album uncovers a whole, tender world in the act of playing [Akinmusire's] instrument and its emotional vocabulary for him, having stripped away its distracting power. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, February 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, December 2023
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Always elegant, never effete, Frisell is on great form and is well-served by the arrangements and by the performances of his trio and the orchestras. The album is an utter delight, from the... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Jazz Choice
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Recorded on the back of two intense years touring together, the trio’s playing is not so much in the pocket as in one another’s pocket, Morgan and Royston transcending the rhythm section role... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Jazz Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st August 2020
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Jazz FM, 25 Best Jazz Albums of 2020
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Ultimately, In My Dreams is not a metaphor but a direct invocation of the dream that has become Frisell's private creation myth. The album's title signals his intention to pursue, as closely... —
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Some retain his lugubrious delivery, allowing the songs’ poetic language to do the heavy lifting, while others treat them as springboards for more inflected interpretations, but all are compelling... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Jazz Choice
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Saving the best until last though ‘Beyond Darkness’ sees Frisell in more garage-y downtown mood with Lloyd’s butterfly-like flute offering deep shade as well as light, and ‘Dorotea’s Studio’... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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It is one of those albums that does not betray its secrets readily, and can be returned to time and again when a fresh nuance, an inspired moment of counterpoint or perfectly framed melodic... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Saving the best until last though ‘Beyond Darkness’ sees Frisell in more garage-y downtown mood with Lloyd’s butterfly-like flute offering deep shade as well as light, and ‘Dorotea’s Studio’... —
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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