{"product_id":"bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer-the-guitarist-who-changed-the-sound-of-american-music-9780571361663","title":"Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist, Bill Frisell.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes \u0026amp; Dennis Cahill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN ZORN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outlines the subject's life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up playing clarinet in orchestras and marching bands, Frisell has progressed through a remarkable range of musical personas - from devotee of jazz master Jim Hall to 'house guitarist' of estimable German label ECM, from edgy New York downtown experimentalist to plaintive country and bluegrass picker. He has been a pioneering bandleader and collaborator, a prolific composer and arranger and a celebrated Grammy Award winner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA quietly revolutionary guitar hero who has synthesised many disparate musical elements into one compellingly singular sound, Frisell connects to a diverse range of artists and admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Gus Van Sant, Marianne Faithfull and Justin Vernon, many of whom feature in this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough unprecedented access to the guitarist and interviews with his close family, friends and associates, Philip Watson tells Frisell's story for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there's an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail. Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous prose.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePERSPECTIVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell's playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatson, Philip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePhilip Watson\u003c\/b\u003e was deputy editor at \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003eand editor-at-large at \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and has appeared on radio and television in the UK and Ireland. His in-depth features have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times, London Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wire, \u003c\/i\u003eand he\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehas interviewed icons such as Nick Cave, Gil Scott-Heron, Elvis Costello, D'Angelo and many others. \u003ci\u003eBill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer \u003c\/i\u003eis his first book.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520724603154,"sku":"9780571361663","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94e7c23a-5c8d-4a52-9a79-abcbda227306.jpg?v=1731089797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer-the-guitarist-who-changed-the-sound-of-american-music-9780571361663","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}