Play A Bill Frisell Set List

Guitar great Bill Frisell has recorded in a vast array of settings, but he's never made an album like 'Play A Bill Frisell Set List'. The guitarist delivers a tour de force performance on a program of ingenious arrangements designed specifically for him and the ndr bigband, with drummer Jeff Ballard by his old associate, the legendary arranger/composer michael gibbs. gibbs' association with frisell stretches back to Frisell's student years. "so much came from my association with Mike," Frisell says. "he went from being my hero to a friend, and he's always been my teacher. we just kept doing things over the years. i've always fantasized about doing something with him adapting some of my music." Frisell has never been the featured soloist on a big band session, and with Gibbs' melodically verdant, harmonically suggestive arrangements, he's not likely to find a better vehicle than this.