{"product_id":"bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer-the-guitarist-who-changed-the-sound-of-american-music","title":"Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist, Bill Frisell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.'\u003cbr\u003e\nJOHN ZORN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.'\u003cbr\u003e\nMOJO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.'\u003cbr\u003e\nIRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there’s an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down.'\u003cbr\u003e\nNEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail. Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous prose.'\u003cbr\u003e\nPERSPECTIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'[Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell’s playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.'\u003cbr\u003e\nWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53956774035824,"sku":"978-0571361663","price":5.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/71LWS5S-PiL._SY522.jpg?v=1782743302","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer-the-guitarist-who-changed-the-sound-of-american-music","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}