Entertainment Weekly (1/26/01, p.103) - "...[Frisell] reaches new atmospheric heights....brilliant guitar work..." - Rating: BThe Wire (5/01, p.61) - "...A compendious evocation and synthesis of a range of genres that never sounds merely eclectic....on a far superior level to most contemporary jazz albums....one of Frisell's most ambitious productions to date..."CMJ (2/19/01, p.15) - "...The soundtrack to a sleepwalk, a blurred ghost image of American music..."Down Beat (5/01, pp.61-2) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Call it sophisticated hick music....It's the good, bad and the ugly, as his essentially cinematic approach to storytelling contains both fragments and extended pieces....suggesting the Wild West with a twist one moment, a gospel, down-by-the-river meeting the next..."JazzTimes (5/01, p.122) - "...Another winsome album....reiterating his bucolic synthesis of American roots music....an American original..."111.1613
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Alternative Press (7/00, p.94) - 3 out of 5 - "...Bizarre....gradually emerging as an almost airtight, emotionally barricaded sonic universe....This is not hillbilly music; rather, it is music intended to evoke 'hillbilly culture' to those who have never left a major city..."The Wire (5/00, p.69) - "...His first solo guitar album....Frisell tinkers with [Hank] William's 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' and the Gershwin's 'My Man's Gone Now' from PORGY AND BESS, 2 eternal songs which he expertly picks away at like a hungry buzzard until only the bare bones remain."CMJ (3/27/00, p.23) - "...A milestone in the career of a true innovator - enchanting as anything he has done and a clear window into his muse."Down Beat (8/00, p.27) - Ranked #3 Jazz Album in Downbeat "Critics Poll 2000".Down Beat (6/00, pp.69-70) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...So immaculately layered and natural sounding that you can't imagine any other guitarist duplicating it....painting Frisell as the contented, beauty-worshipping man he is."JazzTimes (8/00, pp.91-2) - "...[He] is like a painter dealing with guitaristic layers....Spare as the setting is, [he] invests a lively world feeling behind economic material....[It] is the polar opposite of background music....he's the friendly guitar anti-hero of our time."No Depression (3-4/00, p.113) - "...a lyrical Utopia where the one-of-a-kind guitarist can indulge his love of glowing heartland melodies in splendid isolation....The bright, vibrant sound...from his layered picking and strumming lights up the room..."68.0453
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Entertainment Weekly (5/30/97, p.73) - "...one of the freshest variations on mostly unplugged C&W around. Frisell lays down his sweet and languid sound, getting help form such folks as Dobro king Jerry Douglas and vocalist Robin Holcolm. It's lazy, smart, twilight-on-the-back-porch music." - Rating: B+Down Beat (8/97, pp.48-49) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...it's hard to believe Frisell's only exposure might have been from watching Minnie Pearl and the Grand Ol' Opry on TV....what is most striking about Frisell...is how...he makes you forget where you are, losing you in a swirl of creativity that has little or nothing to do with genres or...settings..."JazzTimes (9/97, p.73) - "...Frisell's sweet 'n' slightly twisted songwriting flair is on the money here....Frisell's guitaristic approach, often sounding like a cross between Chet Atkins and a Martian pedal steel, player shows respect for tradition by tugging it in new directions."Option (9-10/97, p.95) - "...magically sidesteps the faceless tedium that dooms so many instrumental albums. There are several reasons for that: Frisell's nimble, confident finger-picking; a group of stellar Music City pickers who support Frisell without getting flashy or pretentious; and a unifying musical voice..."Musician (8/97, p.91) - "...an evocation of folk traditions that have been gathering steam under the heading of Americana....retro visions of drive-in movies, endless highways, and lost innocence....among the earthiest and [most] deeply felt of Frisell's many fine recordings..."68.0453
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Down Beat (p.80) - "The setting is perfect for Frisell's relaxed, lyric style, whether investigating the harmonic and rhythmic nooks and crannies of Thelonious Monk tunes or bringing a David Lynch-style noir to the bluegrass murder ballad 'Pretty Polly'."JazzTimes (p.89) - "[Motian] adopts a fluid role in which he easily, organically morphs from pianistic comping to playing contrapuntal lines with Lovano to occasionally filling in bass lines..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "As delicate as fine-spun gossamer, Frisell's spidery, discursive melodies are underpinned throughout by Carter's elastic figures and the deceptively easy gait of Motian's nuanced drumming."54.43624
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Down Beat (p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "If Bill Frisell represents spacious, lyrical Americana, this is the flipside: chaotic, supercharged, highly heterogeneous and terrific fun."0.8252119
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Down Beat (p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "If Bill Frisell represents spacious, lyrical Americana, this is the flipside: chaotic, supercharged, highly heterogeneous and terrific fun."0.8252119
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Q (11/99, p.135) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...On [PLAY] Stern calls in [John] Scofield and also Bill Frisell for several tracks. Numbers with the former are fast and loose; but with the latter the contrast of styles is more musically fruitful."The Wire (9/99, p.63) - "...Stern's touch for coming up with pretty tunes hasn't deserted him...and in the end I found myself enjoying this more than the latest releases by [John] Scofield and [Bill] Frisell..."0.7293912
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Uncut (6/03, p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...His lap-guitar style is exemplary, his voice has a heartfelt, rich patina and the backing musicians, including Bill Frisell on electric guitar, create a folk-jazz accompaniment of almost spiritual empathy..."Living Blues (6/03, p.88) - "...A timeless collection of low-key acoustic abstractions....Electric guitar genius Bill Frisell contributes gentle riffs to the album, while drummer Scott Amendola adds thoughtful percussive elements..."0.7293912
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Dirty Linen (4-5/99, p.92) - "This disc's highlight is probably Stern's beautifully slippery guitar duet with Bill Frisell on 'Someday My Prince Will Come'....It's a welcome career overview..."0.7220604
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Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a soundtrack composed by jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, who colors the tale with skewered Dixieland brass, shivering strings and groaning woodwinds."0.7220604
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Dirty Linen (4-5/01, p.80) - "...This remains faithful to the original album's mood..."0.5401605
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Down Beat (p.79) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ats off to producer John Snyder for steering him to a project that lets him blow off steam while playing against type for a bit."Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.74) - "Tyner's towering talent has again been placed in a new light, this time on a stunning series of encounters with five guitar greats."0.5401605
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JazzTimes (p.104) - "Scofield's jagged, alternately-tuned introductory notes on the funky opener, 'The Low Road,' signal the listener to expect the unexpected."Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n ambitious funk-infused set featuring plenty of horns and a cameo from fellow guitar whizz Bill Frisell."0.5157574
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The Wire (p.58) - "The multi-level activity of '858-7' eye, like the sun shining around the edges of a vast sky full of storm clouds....By the end of record, Frisell has created musical images beyond these particular paintings."Down Beat (p.62) - "Guitarist Bill Frisell's noisy evil twin is back, and in the company of three string players who like to manipulate sound as much as he does."0.5157574
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Spin (p.78) - "[T]he best moment is an original, as Buddy and wife Julie quietly ride 'God's Wing'ed Horse' on up to the promised land, sidesaddle in perfect harmony."Down Beat (p.54) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[P]roducer and songwriter Buddy Miller joins forces with guitarists Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz along with a handful of roots-rock elite."0.5157574
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The Wire (4/00, p.69) - "...Horvitz and Lowe unplugged, while the distinctive Zony Mash sound centers on his Hammond B-3 and other eclectic instruments. On piano, Horvitz is economical yet lyrical...constantly working small surprises..."CMJ (3/13/00, p.31) - "...offers some of the most intriguing and unique music that you'll ever hear all year. Also listen for Timothy Young's uncannily Bill Frisell-ish guitar work."Down Beat (7/00, pp.77-8) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Finds the group exploring the austere settings of the early '60s jazz impressionists..."JazzTimes (10/00, pp.96-7) - "...Conjures Keith Jarrett's pianistic landscapes, with a hint of [Bill] Frisell's pastoralism....the most beatific melodies you'll hear this year."0.5105738
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Rolling Stone (9/30/99, p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[revives] the master's dynamic orchestrations and elegant drifts and still [moves] forward. Eclectic guitarist Bill Frisell offers a debonair solution on this set of arrangements..."Entertainment Weekly (10/15/99, p.83) - "...Frisell turns an intriguing concept into a lovely and mostly instrumental project....[His] attitude toward idiom is slippery and generous." - Rating: B+CMJ (11/1/99, p.30) - "...Bill Frisell set out to record a full band interpretation of [Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello's] PAINTED FROM MEMORY using a cast of stars....Frisell's distinctly different versions bear the leader's stamp both as a player and as an arranger."JazzTimes (12/99, pp.147-8) - "...Frisell works up soulful, horn chart-laced readings of the songs, with such comrades as drummer Brian Blades, Don Byron, Ron Miles, and Curtis Fowlkes....This is brainy music...with beauty in mind, which makes the like-minded closet romantic Frisell a perfect match."0.4376347
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Down Beat (p.68) - "[T]he jazz trio form in their hands has an almost primitive, inside-your-head, idiosyncratic quality to it that suggests the three are truly one."JazzTimes (p.90) - "Bassist Reed Mathis frequently takes the role of lead voice, using an octave pedal to boost his sound and give him a tone that's similar to Bill Frisell's."Mojo (Publisher) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[They] joyfully apply their jazz smarts to pop and rock....There's playfulness...but also genuine heart: witness an emotional, reverent look at Brian Wilson's 'Wonderful'."0.412606
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Down Beat (p.85) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Frisell's melodies and moods have an easy appeal, from the Gypsy lull of 'Probability Cloud' to the Copland-esque moments of 'Boo And Scout.'"JazzTimes (p.101) - "Bill Frisell's spare, mysterioso chordal voicings are as evocative and haunting as the intriguing black-and-white Farm Security Administration photos from the '40s that grace the front and back covers of HISTORY, MYSTERY."0.412606
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Down Beat (9/92, p.48) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Sims and Preussner make a sympathetic rhythm team, great support for Cline's attempt to build on [guitarist Bill] Frisell's legacy....This is one of those proverbial ones that grows on you..."Option (Sept.-Oct./92, p.97) - "...Combining a strong immprovisatory impulse with an interest in the expressive capabilities of their instruments, Cline and cohorts tackle a whole range of strategies....A little rock, a little jazz, a little noise, a lot of fun..."0.412606
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Down Beat (p.81) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "[W]hat really juices this joint is the contributions from the relative unknowns who brought the six-string guitar away from its origins as poor relation to the banjo and the Hawaiian steel guitar and into its contemporary role..."JazzTimes (p.93) - "For some, the stunning revelation here will be the masterful clarity of Barney Kessely. For others, it will be the sensuous ear candy of George Van Eps..."0.1169482
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"...A generous-spirited, low-keyed and occasionally funny ramble..." New York Times "...Brilliant delivery and timing, the jokes will consistently amuse..." Variety "[A]t once brilliantly clean and lewd. It's a great time indeed..." Entertainment Weekly11.60181
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