Bill Frisell - Disfarmer
Nonesuch  (2009)
Jazz

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CD  71:28
26 tracks
   01   Disfarmer Theme - Bill Frisell             05:37
   02   Lonely Man - Bill Frisell             01:15
   03   Lost, Night - Bill Frisell             01:50
   04   Farmer - Bill Frisell             01:03
   05   Focus - Bill Frisell             02:26
   06   Peter Miller's Discovery - Bill Frisell             04:43
   07   That's Alright, Mama - Bill Frisell             03:10
   08   Little Girl - Bill Frisell             03:42
   09   Little Boy - Bill Frisell             01:16
   10   No One Get's In - Bill Frisell             02:47
   11   Lovesick Blues - Bill Frisell             02:48
   12   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - Bill Frisell             03:50
   13   Shutter, Dream - Bill Frisell             04:26
   14   Exposed - Bill Frisell             02:12
   15   The Wizard - Bill Frisell             01:52
   16   Think - Bill Frisell             04:37
   17   Drink - Bill Frisell             04:29
   18   Play - Bill Frisell             01:32
   19   I Am Not A Farmer - Bill Frisell             03:36
   20   Small Town - Bill Frisell             01:00
   21   Arkansas (Part 1) - Bill Frisell             01:53
   22   Arkansas (Part 2) - Bill Frisell             02:19
   23   Arkansas (Part 3) - Bill Frisell             01:54
   24   Lost Again, Dark - Bill Frisell             02:06
   25   Natural Light - Bill Frisell             02:59
   26   Did You See Him? - Bill Frisell             02:06
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Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
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Notes
The late Michael Disfarmer was an odd, curmudgeonly character in the rural community of Heber Springs, Arkansas, who, despite his anti-social character, chose to record the stark images of his fellow townspeople, during the 1940's and 50's, in cheap black-and-white photographic portraits. Decades after the photographer's passing, a cache of work made by this solitary and oft-reviled man was rediscovered, and he has come to be regarded as an important outsider artist. Among the many drawn to his plain yet deeply evocative pictures was Chuck Helm, Director of the Performing Arts at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, who introduced guitarist and composer Bill Frisell to Disfarmer's oeuvre on the hunch that Frisell might be inspired by it.
Says Helm, the catalyst for Disfarmer, 'To me, Bill Frisell is a uniquely American artist with a distinctive and singular musical voice, like that of Thelonious Monk or Aaron Copland. In his probing yet atmospheric evocations of American vistas I could hear parallels to the emotional truths of Disfarmer's compelling photographs.'
As Helm suspected, Disfarmer's work resonated with Frisell and led to the creation of a touring multimedia work, Disfarmer Project - featuring Frisell, lap steel guitar player Greg Leisz and violinist Jenny Scheinman, plus slides of Disfarmer's photos, displayed on screens. The piece premiered on March 3, 2007 at the Wexner Center, on the campus of Ohio State University. The score was subsequently recorded in Seattle and Nashville, produced by Frisell's longtime collaborator Lee Townsend and also featuring Viktor Krauss on bass. Along with the Frisell's original compositions, he interpolates versions of such tunes as Arthur Crudup's 'That's Alright Mama' and Hank Williams Sr.'s 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)' into this subtly yet stunningly beautiful set.