Find bill frisell discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The book, richter 858, was published in connection with a comprehensive us retrospective of richters work, although it focused entirely on a recent series of eight small abstract paintings numbered 858 18. Eight loose color plates, one cd with music by bill frisell, book contains many plates in color. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The book, richter 858, was published in connection with a comprehensive us retrospective of richters work, although it focused entirely on a recent series of eight small abstract.
The book presents a unique mix of image, music and text. The album was originally released as part of a limitededition volume of gerhard richters paintings which also contained poetry and essays by dave hickey and klaus kertess inspired by the. In 2002 bill frisell was commissioned to create the music for an elaborate art book project on german painter gerhard richter. Michael palmer, dean young, edward hirsch, dave hickey, richard howard, klaus kertess, gerhard richter, bill frisell, david breskin, robert hass. Di piero, paul hoover, and david breskin also read their works from the book. This recording was first released on cd as part of the limitededition book richter 858. Gerhard richters abstractions are profound and beautiful, though perplexing. Listening to images as music director of weekend edition sunday, nprs ned wharton supervises music continuity for the show. Compositions by bill frisell inspired by eight abstract pictures by gerhard richter. Chamber jazz, modern creative bill frisell richter 858.
Licensed to youtube by music video distributors on behalf of songlines. Tony reif of songlines decided to rescue the recordings from. Bill frisell guitar, electronics, composer, eyvind kang viola, jenny scheinman violin, hank roberts cello, david breskin producer, joe ferla engineer, david fisher coproducer, assistant engineer, eli bornowsky design. Richter 858 was published on the occasions of the first american exhibition of the 858 suite of eight abstract pictures, at the san francisco museum of modern art, from sept. Richter 858 is a 2005 studio album by american jazz guitarist bill frisell consisting of improvised music inspired by the paintings of german artist gerhard.
One of richters main techniques is to use a squeegee to smear paint over an aluminum surface. The 858 string quartet bill frisell, hank roberts, jenny scheinman, and eyvind kang play a suite composed by frisell in response to gerhard richters 858 painting series for the book richter 858. Housed in a sliding aluminum slipcase, it includes an audio cd of original music by the redoubtable bill frisell. In 2002 bill frisell was commissioned by producer david breskin to create the music for an elaborate art book project on the great german painter gerhard richter. The band is frisell on guitar and delay, eyvind kang on viola, jenny scheinman on violin, and frisells. The book, entitled richter 858, focused entirely on a series of eight small abstract paintings numbered 858 1 8 and included poems, essays, superb reproductions of the works and a cd of frisells music, one piece. The eight abstract paintings that comprise the artists work 858 are shown at more. In 2002 bill frisell was commissioned by producer david breskin to create the music for an elaborate art book project on the great german. Bill frisell wrote some string quartet music for a cd to accompany a book of gerhard richter paintings in 2002. Tony reif of songlines decided to rescue the recordings from obscurity, and rereleased them in early 2005. Music for 858 quartet is an album by bill frisell which was released on the savoy label in 2011.
Guitarist and composer bill frisell contributes a musical response in the setting of a. Published in conjunction with the two exhibitions abstract pictures and gerhard richter. The slideshow was originally included on the enhanced cd that came out in 2005. Provided to youtube by music video distributors inc.
The book included poems, essays, superb reproductions of the artworks, and frisells music on an inserted cdone piece for. Richter 858 explores this question by focusing on one suite of extraordinary pictures painted in 1999, soon after his return to work after a silence caused by a stroke. Both investigation and celebration, this book brings. Recorded live to twotrack by joe ferla at studio litho, seattle, assisted by david fisher, on july 20, 2002. Bill frisell guitars and electronics hank roberts cello jenny scheinman violin eyvind kang viola. Floratones membership includes guitarist bill frisell, drummer matt chamberlain, and producers lee townsend and tucker martine. Commissioned to create music for a book project on the german painter gerhard richter, guitarist bill frisell opened his book of guitar. Well heres a treat the slideshow that accompanied bill frisells richter 858 recording has been made available on youtube.
Bill frisell richter 858 music by bill frisell 2005, hdcd, sacd. In a career spanning more than 25 years and over 200 recordings, including 25 albums of his own, guitarist, composer, and bandleader bill frisell is now firmly established as. Richter 858 enhanced by bill frisell 774355255124 cd. The album was originally released as part of a limitededition volume of gerhard richters paintings which also contained poetry and essays by dave hickey.
Both investigation and celebration, this book brings together image, music and text in a uniquely compelling way. There were poems, essays, superb reproductions of the works, and frisells music on an inserted cd one piece for each painting. Music profile for bill frisell, born 18 march 1951. Commissioned to create music for a book project on the german painter gerhard richter, guitarist bill frisell opened his book of guitar techniques to enhance the painters art. Richter 858, a slideshow, bill frisell,composergerhard. Richter 858 is an album by bill frisell of improvised music inspired by the paintings of german artist gerhard richter and performed by frisell, eyvind kang, jenny scheinman and hank roberts. The music from richter 858 was originally commissioned and recorded to accompany a book of paintings by gerhard richter, which was only available in limited quantities back in 2002. Richter 858 is a commissioned work, setting guitarist bill frisell up with the job of creating music to accompany eight paintings for a book project on german painter gerhard richter. Artistic inspiration bill frisell gets a real band out of gerhard richterinspired music project every few years, guitarist bill frisell foments a quiet revolution in jazz. Here she joins forces with living legend bill frisell to pay tribute to johnny smith, a guitarist who has been a. Tony reif of songlines decided to rescue the recordings. Debut at sfmoma and in print landmark multimedia book released in conjunction with major retrospective. Bill frisell, ron carter, paul motian is the 19th album by bill frisell to be released on the elektra nonesuch label. The eight abstract paintings that comprise the artists work 858 are shown at more than halfscale, and presented unbound on heavy paper in a pocket at the back of the book allowing readers to mix, match, and represent the work for themselves outside the confines of the printed volume.
Included are a recording of music by bill frisell, poems by richard howard, robert hass, jorie graham and 10 others, and texts by klaus kertess, dave hickey and the artist. Bill frisell richter 858 music by bill frisell 2005. A most handsome example of this impressive document showing a small nick to the cloth. Bill frisell 858 quartet paints outside the usual lines. Time moves on and formats change, but happily the gerhard richter slideshow is now ready for you to blow up full screen to watch, listen and. Debut at sfmoma and in print landmark multimedia book released in. Buy bill frisells album titled richter 858 enhanced to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Buy bill frisell s album titled richter 858 enhanced to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. After all these years, they still present a curious challenge. The book, richter 858, was published in connection with a comprehensive us retrospective of richters work, although it focused entirely on a recent series of eight small abstract paintings numbered 8581 8588. David breskin created richter 858 as both investigation and celebration of this suite of pictures in particular and richter abstraction in general. Mary halvorson is one of the most acclaimed guitarists of her generationa virtuoso improviser, distinctive composer, arranger and a deep student of the jazz guitar.
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