This relatively early set from
Bill Frisell is a fine showcase for the utterly unique guitarist.
Frisell has the ability to play nearly any extroverted style of music and his humor (check out the date's "Music I Heard") is rarely far below the surface. This particular quintet (with trumpeter
Kenny Wheeler, tuba player
Bob Stewart, electric bassist
Jerome Harris and drummer
Paul Motian) is not exactly short of original personalities and their outing (featuring seven
Frisell compositions) is one of the most lively of all the ones in the ECM catalog. ~ Scott Yanow