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The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell.

FEATURING 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 & Dennis Cahill

''A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.''
JOHN ZORN

''The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.''
MOJO

''Outlines the subject's life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.''
IRISH TIMES

Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range

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''Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet.'' - New Yorker
''A genius.'' - Marianne Faithful

Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamer

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    A Paperback / softback by Philip Watson

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 30 March 2023
      ISBN-13 9780571361694
      978-0571361694
      ISBN-10 0571361692
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      Entertainment Guitar Musicians, singers, bands and groups Traditional and folk music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell.

      FEATURING 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 & Dennis Cahill

      ''A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.''
      JOHN ZORN

      ''The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.''
      MOJO

      ''Outlines the subject's life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.''
      IRISH TIMES

      Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range

      Trade Review
      ''Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet.'' - New Yorker
      ''A genius.'' - Marianne Faithful

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