Frisell, Bill / History, Mystery
Album: History, Mystery   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Frisell, Bill   Added:Aug 2008
Label:Nonesuch Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-09-28 Pull Date: 2008-11-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 30 Nov 16 Nov 2 Oct 26 Oct 12 Oct 5
Airplays: 2 1 2 2 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 12, 2016: Rebop
Baba Drame
4. Aug 29, 2014: Rebop
A Change Is Gonna Come, What We Need
2. Jan 15, 2016: Rebop
A Change Is Gonna Come
5. Jun 24, 2014: That's Not Bluegrass
Struggle, Part 2
3. Dec 04, 2015: Rebop
Waltz For Baltimore, A Change Is Gonna Come
6. Feb 08, 2011: Rebop
Baba Drame

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-09-28
Bill Frisell and bowed strings, Eyvind Kang on viola
CD #1
1: 1:51 slow instrument noodling
**2: 4:46 mid tempo, bowed strings & guitar noodling
3: 1:02 slow guitar noodling
4: 2:28 slow ambient intro, e-beeps (bird chirps)
5: 5:32 slow plucked guitar strings, bowed strings
***6: 0:38 bouncy number
7: 1:39 mid tempo noodling
****8: 6:09 very nice mid to fast WORLD sound
9: 1:37 slow to mid noodling, nice intro to #10
****10: 8:49 GREAT cover of "A Change Is Gonna Come", slow, applause
11: 2:56 fast bowed strings, bass, guitar noodling
12: 3:17 slow to mid, wind instruments, bowed and plucked strings
13: 2:28 more chamber string quartet sound
****14: 6:26 cool bowed strings and cranked up e guitar, the Frisell sound
15: 1:41 slow, bowed strings
16: 0:38 mid tempo, bouncy.
17: 1:37 slow, bowed strings, sad.

CD #2
*1: 4:18 slow plucked noodling, bowed noodling, nice sound
**2: 2:19 slow to mid, almost ambient sound, nice sound
3: 1:14 more chamber string quartet sound
4: 0:40 more chamber string quartet sound
5: 1:53 bouncy collage of plucked & bowed strings
***6: 5:40 upbeat jazzy number, wailing sax and horns
***7: 1:52 guitar noodling, nice sound
***8: 0:57 coronet?/ clarinet? with PLUCKED strings mid tempo
***9: 3:19 slow to mid guitar & bowed sting noodling, minor e guitar feedback
**10: 1:16 more chamber string quartet sound with e guitar
***11: 8:47 almost more chamber string quartet sound with e guitar intro. then jazzy wailing squawking sax
12: 1:51 more chamber string quartet sound, cartoon soundtrack? some electronics
13: 2:59 more chamber string quartet sound with e guitar
D Farrell 09/2008



Track Listing
1. Imagination   16. Another Momentary Suspension Of Doubt
2. Probability Cloud   17. Probability Cloud (Reprise)
3. Probability Cloud, Part 2   18. Monroe
4. Out Of Body   19. Lazy Robinson
5. Struggle   20. Question #1
6. A Momentary Suspension Of Doubt   21. Answer #1
7. Onward   22. Faces
8. Baba Drame   23. Sub-Conscious Lee
9. What We Need   24. Monroe Part 2
10. A Change Is Gonna Come   25. Question #2
11. Jackie-Ing   26. Lazy Robinson Part 2
12. Show Me   27. What We Need Part 2
13. Boo And Scout   28. Waltz For Baltimore
14. Struggle, Part 2   29. Answer #2
15. Heal   30. Monroe Part 3