Gone, Just Like A Train

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EDITORIAL REVIEWS DISC 11. BLUES FOR LOS ANGELES2. VERONA3. GODSON SONG4. GIRL ASKS BOY (PART1)5. PLEASED TO MEET YOU6. LOOKOUT FOR HOPE7. NATUREand#039;S SYMPHONY8. EGG RADIO9. BALLROOM10. GIRL ASKS BOY (PART2)11. SHERLOCK JR.12. GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN13. THE WIFE and#38; KID14. RACCOON CAT15. LONESOME16. BLUES FOR LOS ANGELES REPRISE AMAZON.COM Bill Frisell is a soulful jazz minimalist with a sophisticated sense of harmony, a daring rhythmic approach, and an instantly recognizable, personal sound--part jazz, part rockabilly, part blues, part psychedelia--a remarkable melodist who can transmute single notes into sapphire tears. Yet while his fellow improvisors have pursued more and more complex forms, Frisell seems to be reaching back to the simplest folk forms to animate his post-modernist's view of Americana, and Gone, Just Like a Train is a cultural whistle-stop that conveys his land's epic rhythmic dynamism, regional diversity, and backwaters of mystery and quiet wonder. It's as if the Modern Jazz Quartet interpolated Cream, and together with his remarkable collaborators, bassist Viktor Krauss and drummer Jim Keltner, the Bill Frisell Trio successfully plumbs a variety of expressive forms within the raging seas of intellectual complexity that have traditionally defined the domain of modern jazzman. --Chip Stern REVIEW Frisell has a mysterious take on the guitar, one that can suggest and function in just about any style there is, conjure a wide range of textures and tones, work in a variety of registers (sometimes at the same time), and effortlessly slip from inside to outside. With assistance from bassist Viktor Krauss and drummer to the superstars Jim Keltner (Cooder, Dylan, Clapton, Harrison), he draws on all of those resources for this follow up to 1997's Nashville. -- Jazz Times See more