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Re: Saw BILL FRISELL Tonight (July 5) in Iowa City @ IC Jazz Fest
Nice review Scott with astute observations.
Thanks for sharing.
Best,
Ted
On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:39 PM, scott hansen wrote:
> sorry-1st one got sent accidentally...
>
> Saw Bill Frisell Tonight (July 5) in Iowa City @ IC Jazz Fest
>
> Well, I missed him when he played here back in 2000, b/c i was in the
> middle of a move, but got to see him tonight.The funny thing is he
> looked older than pictures i remember of him, but then i thought that
> my memory is probably pictures from early 90s, a long time ago!
> My main thoughts when i saw him was he sounded kind of "jazzy" and he
> was very melodic playing w/ drums, bass, & i think a trumpet player;
> The funny thing I thought as i watched was thinking of all the on-line
> boards i'm on (too many!) is people asking, "oh i want a jazz sound,
> which semi-hollow guitar & amp should i get, bla bla bla..." & I
> thought well, Bill Frisell sounded pretty jazzy to me & he was playing
> a blonde Telecaster & a small Fender amp. He played for about an hour
> & 15 min, The 1st 3 songs he played took about 50 min-in that time he
> did 3 little loop things, sort of noise-based (some
> scratching-extended playing stuff), at times it was clean tele sounds,
> another time it sounded like a piano for a second. When he was playing
> these, i think the audience was wondering what was up? Not sure if
> they got it or not, but his loops do make nice transitions in his
> compositions.
> The other thing I noticed from watching behind the stage (i was able
> to be in shade & i didn't bring a lawn chair so i could sit on steps
> of Old Capitol Building) was that he mostly played facing his band,
> and for the most part his guitar was facing to the back, so that I &
> everyone else behind stage could see his guitar (& hands from 40 some
> ft back)-the main audience would mostly see his left side and the back
> of his guitar neck. I could see that he was using a Line 6 Delay Pedal
> (green one) for his loops. I think he also had a distortion box of
> some kind (couldn't see it)-but the main thing i thought was his sound
> was pretty clean and sparse (I kept thinking: I PLAY W/ MORE
> EFFECTS!). The other thing i noticed was he played a barre chord twice
> that I saw! I should say that all the songs he played i recognized the
> melody, etc, but since i rarely remember titles of stuff, I couldn't
> connect a song to a title. He seemed to be really enjoying himself &
> his band, and they had some good interaction-especially during his
> little loop things. The last thing was when he was done, he put his
> Tele in a soft case and turned off his amp, & started to collect his
> pedals-no roadies for him!!
>
> sorry for the choppy/disorganized review...just some quick notes i
> remember...
> s---
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