This discography features albums released by guitarist Bill Frisell, released recordings of bands and projects he was/is a member of, and albums on which he appears as guest musician. Labels and dates indicate first release.

Albums

Albums

TitleYearLabel
In Line1983ECM
Rambler1985ECM
Lookout for Hope1988ECM
Before We Were Born1989Nonesuch
Is That You?1990Nonesuch
Where in the World?1991Nonesuch
Have a Little Faith1992Nonesuch
This Land1994Nonesuch
Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton1995Nonesuch
The High Sign/One Week: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton1995Nonesuch
Live1995Gramavision
Quartet1996Nonesuch
Nashville1997Nonesuch
Gone, Just Like a Train1998Nonesuch
Good Dog, Happy Man1999Nonesuch
The Sweetest Punch1999Decca
Ghost Town2000Nonesuch
Blues Dream2001Nonesuch
With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones2001Nonesuch
The Willies2002Nonesuch
The Intercontinentals2003Nonesuch
Unspeakable2004Nonesuch
Richter 8582005Songlines
East/West2005Nonesuch
Further East / Further West (only available as a digital download)[1][2]2005Nonesuch
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian2006Nonesuch
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP (only available as a digital download)[3]2006Nonesuch
History, Mystery2008Nonesuch
Disfarmer2009Nonesuch
Beautiful Dreamers2010Savoy
Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet2011Savoy
All We Are Saying2011Savoy
Hunter S. Thompson – The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved2012429/Paris[4]
Silent Comedy2013Tzadik
Big Sur2013OKeh
Guitar in the Space Age!2014OKeh
When You Wish Upon a Star2016OKeh
Alfie / I Love Lucy (limited 7 inch vinyl single)[5]2016OKeh
Small Town (with Thomas Morgan)2016ECM
Music IS[6]2018OKeh
Epistrophy (with Thomas Morgan)2019ECM
Harmony[7]2019Blue Note
Valentine[8]2020Blue Note
Four2022Blue Note

Live Download Series

The series is produced as a subsidiary label of Lee Townsend's Songline/Tone Field, and distributed online as lossless FLAC, MP3 and AAC files with printable cover art.[9]

TitleYear
#001 Live in Bochum, Germany - May 22, 2004 [10]2008
#002 Live in San Francisco, CA - March 16, 2007 [11]2009
#003 Live in San Francisco, CA - February 5, 2005 Set 2 [12]2009
#004 Live in New York, NY - May 1, 2004 Set 3 [13]2009
#005 Live in London, UK - November 15, 2005 [14]2009
#006 Live in Boulder, CO - November 5, 2003 [15]2009
#007 Live in Seattle, WA - February 21, 2006 [16]2009
#008 Live in New York, NY - September 26, 1996 Set 1 [17]2010
#009 Live in New York, NY - October 12, 1992 [18]2010
#010 Live in Oakland, CA - July 15, 1989 [19]2010
#011 Live in Budapest, Hungary - March 29, 2003 [20]2010
#012 Live in Seattle, WA - July 16, 2002 [21]2010
#013 Live in Tokyo, Japan - July 21, 2000 [22]2010
#014 Live in Chapel Hill, NC - March 22, 2009 [23]2011
#015 Live in Seattle, WA - August 6, 2011 Set 2 [24]2011
#016 Live in Florence, Italy - February 10, 1993 [25]2012
#017 Live in Portland, OR - February 25, 2012 [26]2012
#018 Live in Köln, Germany - March 27, 1995 [27]2013
#019 Live in Santa Monica, CA - January 10, 1998 Set 2 [28]2014
#020 Live in Austin, TX - March 08, 2015 [29]2015
#021 Live in California - April 11, 2010 - April 13, 2010 [30]2015
#022 Hurricane Harvey Relief (download series compilation) [31]2017

Compilations

  • Works (ECM, 1988)
  • A-Collection (WEA, 2000)
  • Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bill Frisell (ECM, 2002)
  • The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 - Folk Songs (Nonesuch, 2009)

Collaborations

With Paul Motian and Joe Lovano

All albums with Paul Motian are with saxophonist Joe Lovano, except as noted.

With John Zorn

Albums mostly written and produced by Zorn, in part with Zorn playing alto saxophone (or other instruments), sometimes conducting the ensemble.

With Naked City

With the Gnostic Trio (with Carol Emmanuel, Kenny Wollesen)


With Julian Lage & Gyan Riley

  • Nove Cantici Per Francesco D’Assisi (Tzadik, 2019)
  • Virtue (Tzadik, 2020)
  • Teresa De Avila (Tzadik, 2021)
  • Parables (Tzadik, 2021)
  • A Garden of Forking Paths (Tzadik, 2021)
  • Nothing Is As Real As Nothing (Tzadik, 2023)
Leading artist and/or band Album Year Label Notes
Michel Herr, Bill Frisell, Vinton Johnson, Kermit DriscollGood Buddies1978EMI Belgium
Eberhard WeberFluid Rustle1979ECM
VariousAmarcord Nino Rota: Interpretations of Nino Rota's Music from the Films of Federico Fellini1981HannibalHal Willner production
Arild AndersenA Molde Concert1982ECM
Jan GarbarekPaths, Prints1982ECM
Mike MethenyBlue Jay Sessions1982Headfirst
Eberhard WeberLater That Evening1982ECM
Jan GarbarekWayfarer1983ECM
Bob MosesWhen Elephants Dream of Music1983Gramavision
Jim PepperComin' and Goin'1983Europa
Bob MosesVisit with the Great Spirit1984Gramavision
Gunter HampelFresh Heat: Live at Sweet Basil1985Birth
Billy HartOshumare1985Gramavision
Herb RobertsonTransparency1985JMT
Leni SternClairvoyant1985Passport
Paul BleyFragments1986ECM
Marc JohnsonBass Desires1986ECM
Lyle MaysLyle Mays1986Geffen
Stefan F. WinterThe Little Trumpet1986JMT
Tim BerneFulton Street Maul1987Columbia
Paul BleyThe Paul Bley Quartet1987ECM
Marianne FaithfullStrange Weather1987IslandHal Willner production
Wayne HorvitzThe President1987Dossier
Marc Johnson's Bass DesiresSecond Sight1987ECM
Bob MosesThe Story of Moses1987Gramavision
Hank RobertsBlack Pastels1987JMT
Mathilde SantingOut of This Dream: A Third Side1987MegadiscHal Willner production
Billy HartRah1988Gramavision
Julius HemphillJulius Hemphill Big Band1988Elektra/Musician
Robin HolcombTodos Santos ... Play Robin Holcomb1988Sound Aspectsone half of the album with duos by Frisell and Doug Wieselman[32]
Lyle MaysStreet Dreams1988Geffen
Bobby PreviteClaude's Late Morning1988Gramavision
VariousStay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films1988A&MHal Willner production
Gavin Friday and Maurice SeezerEach Man Kills the Thing He Loves1989IslandHal Willner production
Allen GinsbergThe Lion for Real1989Great Jones, AntillesHal Willner production
Caetano VelosoEstrangeiro1989Philips
Robin HolcombRobin Holcomb1990Elektra/Musician
Gavin BryarsAfter the Requiem1991ECM New Series
Mike GibbsBig Music1991Venture
Ryuichi SakamotoHeartbeat1991Virgin
David SanbornAnother Hand1991Elektra/MusicianHal Willner production
Don ByronTuskegee Experiments1992Elektra/Musician
Rinde EkertFinding My Way Home1992DIW
Robin HolcombRockabye1992Elektra/Musician
Wayne HorvitzMiracle Mile1992Elektra Nonesuch
John ScofieldGrace Under Pressure1992Blue Note
VariousWeird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus1992ColumbiaHal Willner production featuring Elvis Costello and the instruments designed and built by Harry Partch[33]
Jerry GranelliA Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing1993Evidence
Ginger BakerGoing Back Home1994WEA
Michael ShrieveFascination1994CMP
William S. BurroughsNaked Lunch1995WarnerHal Willner production
Don ByronMusic for Six Musicians1995Nonesuch
Michael ShrieveTwo Doors1995CMP
Arto LindsayO Corpo Sutil / The Subtle Body1996Rykodisc
Ginger BakerFalling Off the Roof1997WEA
Joey BaronDown Home1997Intuition
GabrielaDetrás del sol1997Intuition
Ron MilesWoman's Day1997Gramavision
Donald RubinsteinTime Again1997Rhombus
Kenny WheelerAngel Song1997ECM
Marc JohnsonThe Sound of Summer Running1998Verve
Douglas SeptemberTen Bulls1998Sampson
Don ByronRomance with the Unseen1999Blue Note
Vinicius CantuariaTucuma1999Verve/PolyGram
Ron CarterOrfeu1999Blue Note
GabrielaViento rojo1999Intuition
Mike SternPlay1999WEA
David SylvianDead Bees on a Cake1999Virgintwo tracks with Frisell, another two outtakes on 2000 compilation Everything and Nothing
Joey BaronWe'll Soon Find Out2000Intuition
Eyvind KangThe Story of Iceland2000Tzadik
Living DaylightsElectric Rosary2000Liquid Cityon four tracks
VariousFinding Forrester: Music from the Motion Picture2000LegacyHal Willner production
VariousThe Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture2000InterscopeHal Willner production
Dale BruningReunion2001Jazz Link
Vinicius CantuariaVinicius2001Transparent
Norah JonesCome Away With Me2002Blue Noteon "The Long Day is Over"
Robin HolcombThe Big Time2002Nonesuch
Wayne HorvitzFilm Music 1998–20012002Tzadik
Ron MilesHeaven2002Sterling Circle
Sarah SiskindCovered2002Infrasound Collective
Danny BarnesDirt on the Angel2003Terminus
Rickie Lee JonesThe Evening of My Best Day2003V2
Laura VeirsTroubled by the Fire2003Bella Union
Dave DouglasStrange Liberation2004RCA
Viktor KraussFar from Enough2004Nonesuch
Mount AnalogNew Skin2004Filmguerro
MylabMylab2004Terminuscollaboration by Tucker Martine and Wayne Horvitz
David BinneyOut of Airplanes2005BeenKnee
Vic ChesnuttGhetto Bells2005New West
Renée FlemingHaunted Heart2005Decca
Heather GreeneFive Dollar Dress2005BHM
Jazzensemble des Hessischen RundfunksAtmospheric Conditions Permitting (Radio Recordings 1967–1993)2005ECMCompilation with one long track featuring Frisell[34]
Jenny Scheinman12 Songs2005Cryptogramophone
Cuong VuIt's Mostly Residual2005Intoxicate
Loudon Wainwright IIIHere Come the Choppers2005Sovereign
Lizz WrightDreaming Wide Awake2005Verve Forecast
VariousFusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute2005Tone Centeron "Nefertiti"
GabrielaEl viaje2006Intuition
Carrie RodriguezSeven Angels on a Bicycle2006Train Wreck/Back Porch
Jonah SmithJonah Smith2006Relix
Gianmaria TestaDa questa parte del mare2006Le Chant du Monde
VariousRogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys2006Anti-Hal Willner production
Paul SimonSurprise2006Warneron "Everything About It Is a Love Song"
Joe HenryCivilians2007Anti–
Viktor KraussII2007Narada
Donald RubinsteinKnightriders2007Perseverance
John ScofieldThis Meets That2007EmArcy
Lucinda WilliamsWest2007Anti-
EarthThe Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull2008Southern Lord
Jakob BroBalladeering2009Loveland
Richard Hell & The VoidoidsDestiny Street Repaired2009Insound
Sam ShrieveBittersweet Lullabies2009Colorburst Soundfieldon Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and another track
Scott ColleyEmpire2010CAM Jazz
Kermit DriscollReveille2010Nineteen-Eight
Hans KollerCry, Want2010PSIwith Evan Parker a.o.
Buddy MillerBuddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings2010New Westwith Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz
Carrie RodriguezLove and Circumstance2010Ninth Street Opus
Jakob BroTime2011Loveland
Hank RobertsEverything Is Alive2011Winter & Winter
Dale BruningJust Between Us2012Jazz Link
Shawn ColvinAll Fall Down2012Nonesuch
Ron MilesQuiver2012Enja/Yellowbird
Bonnie RaittSlipstream2012Redwing
Jan Erik VoldBlackdird Bye Bye2012Hot Club
Joey BaronJust Listen2013Relative Pitch
Jakob BroDecember Song2013Loveland
Sam AmidonLily-O2014Nonesuch
Stefano BollaniJoy in Spite of Everything2014ECMfeat. Mark Turner
Ron MilesCircuit Rider2014Enja/YellowbirdTrio with Brian Blade
Lucinda WilliamsDown Where the Spirit Meets the Bone2014Highway 20
Dale BruningThanks for the Memory... Jim Hall2015Jazz Link
William S. BurroughsLet Me Hang You2016KhannibalismHal Willner production
Andrew CyrilleThe Declaration of Musical Independence2016ECM
Charles Lloyd & The MarvelsI Long to See You2016Blue Note
Carrie RodriguezLola2016Luz
Allen ToussaintAmerican Tunes2016Nonesuch
Jerry GranelliDance Hall2017Justin Time
KramerThe Brill Building, Book Two2017Tzadik
Ron MilesI Am a Man2017Enja/Yellowbird
Cuong Vu 4-Tet Ballet (The Music of Michael Gibbs) 2017 RareNoiseRecords
Andrew CyrilleLebroba2018ECMTrio with Wadada Leo Smith
Mary HalvorsonThe Maid with the Flaxen Hair2018Tzadik[35]
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda WilliamsVanished Gardens2018Blue Note
Paul SimonIn the Blue Light2018Legacy
Sarah SiskindModern Appalachia2020Red Requeston "Modern Appalachia" and "Porchlight"
Andrew CyrilleThe News2021ECM
Noël AkchotéLoving Highsmith2022Ayler
Ches Smith Interpret It Well 2022 Pyroclastic
Julian LageView with a Room2022Blue Note
Julian LageThe Layers2023Blue Note
Ambrose Akinmusire Own Song 2023 Blue Note

Film soundtracks

Beside his music for Buster Keaton's silent films Go West, The High Sign and One Week (see album section above), his collaborations with producer Hal Willner (cf. section above), and with John Zorn on his music for films (cf. section above), Frisell provided also original soundtracks for the following films

His music was also exclusively used in

Personal appearances in music documentary films and TV shows

Appearances as himself as musician and/or pundit[47]

  • Bill Frisell: A Portrait directed by Emma Franz (2017)
In music documentary films
  • Icons Among Us on jazz today, directed by Lars Larson, Michael Rivoira and Peter J. Vogt (2009)
  • Weightless: A Recording Session with Jakob Bro featuring Jakob Bro, directed by Sune Blicher (2009)
  • In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland on Marian McPartland, directed by Huey (2011)
  • Every Other Summer on Wilco's 2013 Solid Sound music festival, directed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty (2015)
  • Carmine Street Guitars directed by Ron Mann (2018)
  • Music for Black Pigeons featuring Jakob Bro, directed by Andreas Koefoed and Jørgen Leth (2022)[48]
On TV shows

References

  1. "Further East / Further West". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. "Further East / Further West". store.nonesuch.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  3. "Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. Hal Willner production on Hunter S. Thompson, composed and conducted by Frisell, Hunter S. Thompson – The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved at Discogs. The album was reissued as LP in 2022 on Shimmy Disc.
  5. "Alfie / I Love Lucy (limited 7 inch vinyl single)". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  6. "Music IS". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  7. "Harmony". billfrisell.com.
  8. "Valentine". billfrisell.com.
  9. "Live Download Series". billfrisell.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  10. "Live Download Series #001 - Bill Frisell Live in Bochum, Germany 05/22/04". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  11. "Live Download Series #002 - Bill Frisell Live in San Francisco, CA 03/16/07". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  12. "Live Download Series #003 - Bill Frisell Live in San Francisco, CA 02/05/05 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  13. "Live Download Series #004 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 05/01/04 Set 3". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  14. "Live Download Series #005 - Bill Frisell Live in London, UK 11/15/05". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  15. "Live Download Series #006 - Bill Frisell Live in Boulder, CO 11/05/03". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  16. "Live Download Series #007 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 02/21/06". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  17. "Live Download Series #008 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 09/26/96 Set 1". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  18. "Live Download Series #009 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 10/12/92". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  19. "Live Download Series #010 - Bill Frisell Live in Oakland, CA 07/15/89". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  20. "Live Download Series #011 - Bill Frisell Live in Budapest, Hungary 03/29/03". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  21. "Live Download Series #012 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 07/16/02". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  22. "Live Download Series #013 - Bill Frisell Live in Tokyo, Japan 07/21/00". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  23. "Live Download Series #014 - Bill Frisell Live in Chapel Hill, NC 03/22/09". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  24. "Live Download Series #015 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 08/06/11 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  25. "Live Download Series #016 - Bill Frisell Live in Florence, Italy 02/10/93". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  26. "Live Download Series #017 - Bill Frisell Live in Portland, OR 02/25/12". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  27. "Live Download Series #018 - Bill Frisell Live in Köln, Germany 03/27/95". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  28. "Live Download Series #019 - Bill Frisell Live in Santa Monica, CA 01/10/98 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  29. "Live Download Series #020 - Bill Frisell Live in Austin, TX 03/08/15". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  30. "Live Download Series #021 - Bill Frisell Live in California 04/11/10 - 04/13/10". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  31. "Live Download Series #022 - Bill Frisell - Hurricane Harvey Relief". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  32. Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris, Robert Previte, Doug Wieselman, Bill Frisell play Robin Holcomb - Todos Santos at Discogs
  33. Weird Nightmare (Meditations on Mingus) at Discogs
  34. Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks – Atmospheric Conditions Permitting at Discogs
  35. The Maid with the Flaxen Hair at Discogs
  36. "Credits for La scuola". IMDb.
  37. Almost Heaven OST at Discogs
  38. Almost Heaven credits on IMDb
  39. All Hat OST on Songtone homepage
  40. "Credits for Portrait of a Man". IMDb.
  41. "The Great Flood - DVD". billfrisell.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  42. "The Great Flood". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  43. "Credits for Change in the Air". IMDb.
  44. The film's transcript with end credits on PBS homepage
  45. "Soundtrack credits for Frontline episode "Pop"". IMDb.
  46. "Credits for The Lobster and the Liver". IMDb.
  47. "Bill Frisell". IMDb.
  48. "Credits for Music for Black Pigeons". IMDb.
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