Unspeakable

Artist: Bill Frisell
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075597982824
EAN: 0075597982824
ASIN: B0002JP4IC

Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Tracks:

1968
White Fang
Sundust
Del Close
Gregory C.
Stringbean
Hymn Fro Ginsberg
Alias
Who Was That Girl?
D. Sharpe
Fields of Alfalfa
Tony
Old Sugar Bear
Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye

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Customer Reviews:

Exciting, Interesting and Unusual.......2007-01-30

This 2004 gem is without a doubt, one of the most exciting and interesting jazz albums I own. Frisell has an incredibly unique voice with a truly eclectic range and it's impossible to mistake him for anyone else. I remember seeing the movie "Finding Forrester" some time ago and as soon as I heard the first few notes of the score, I knew it was he.

I already had quite a number of albums he has played on as a guest, including some by the bassist Marc Johnson and fellow guitarist Mike Stern, but this was the first album of his that I decided to buy. His approach to melody and improvisation (on this album particularly) took some getting used to and is certainly unusual but I totally get him now and can see clearly why he is one of the most respected jazz guitarists of his generation. This is a great album.

3 and 1/2 stars on first blush.......2007-01-11

I think I've figured out the "Unspeakable" part. These sound like demos or backing tracks to singing or spoken word parts (some of the titles refer to poets) that never got recorded. Well, you can't fake the funk, but as has been pointed out here, it is nice to have Mr. Frisell back spreading around his electro-geek weirdness in the land where the "inner-city" exists. In fact, let's say you and your sweetheart are lucky enough rent a nice car and leave Oaktown behind for a weekend getaway up the coast. Have I got a soundtrack for you. This is one I am looking forward to revisiting as time goes by.

Smooth and graceful.......2006-03-14

Frisell's "Unspeakable" recording is smooth and relaxing to listen to. It is the type of music where you can simply relax and get lost in the hypnotic quality, or you can listen carefully and hear interesting textures and overlays. He chooses each note with care, and each of those notes fits well within the context of the song. It is produced well so that you can hear each note ring fully and gracefully. It is nice to hear a master musician use an understated approach to composition, and this approach works well to effectively pull the listener into the song.

Bill Frisell at the Zenith of his expression...........2006-02-22

Of course, I am a hugely biased fan of Bill Frisell, own several of his CDs and have seen him play live on several occasions in a variety of musical contexts.

Unspeakable is the very best music album of any kind I have listened to in several years. It is hypnotically transplendent and so highly addictive I could not take the CD out of my car for several weeks. In fact, I gave this CD as a gift to several of my very close friends.

Tightly crafted songs.......2005-12-23

Grammy-winning "Unspeakable" continues Bill Frisell's style of putting emphasis on song over solo. The music is very structured. Unlike some of his recent albums, there is a fair amount of shaped feedback and looping. In rough terms, the album alternates loud catchy songs with quiet textural ones.

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