BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T172948CEST-3494TVnV3j@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130524T150548Z DESCRIPTION:Yoshi's is proud to announce prolific guitarist/composer/bandle ader\, Bill Frisell will take up residency at Yoshi's Oakland\, April 8 th rough 11. The longtime Yoshi's favorite brings together four different ecl ectic ensembles for the four day run. Joining Frisell are some familiar co llaborators (Kenny Wollesen\, Greg Leisz\, Jenny Scheinman\, Tony Scherr) as well as some new ones (Marc Ribot\, Jason Moran). \n\nThursday\, April 8th Frisell brings together three other guitarists\; iconic downtown guita rist Marc Ribot\, lap/pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz and a third special mystery guitarist/singer from Nashville. On Friday\, April 9th Frisell an d crew provide a live score to the short films of Buster Keaton\, Jim Wood ring and Bill Morrison. For the Saturday performances\, Frisell is joined by his Quintet featuring critically acclaimed violinist Jenny Scheinman. & nbsp\;To close out the residency\, Frisell and his battery mate Kenny Woll esen\, welcome risk-taking pianist Jason Moran to the fold.\n\nhttp://www. billfrisell.com/

\n\nAbout Bill Frisell

\n\nIn a career spanning more th an 25 years and over 150 recordings&mdash\;including 25 albums of his own& mdash\;guitarist\, composer\, and bandleader Bill Frisell has established himself as a visionary presence in American music. He has collaborated wit h a wide range of artists\, filmmakers and legendary musicians. But it is his work as a leader that has garnered increasing attention and accolades. 

\n\nThe New York Times described Frisell&rsquo\;s music this way: &ldquo \;It&rsquo\;s hard to find a more fruitful meditation on American music th an in the compositions of guitarist Bill Frisell. Mixing rock and country with jazz and blues\, he&rsquo\;s found what connects them: improvisation and a sense of play. Unlike other pastichists\, who tend to duck passion\, Mr. Frisell plays up the pleasure in the music and also takes on another often-avoided subject\, tenderness.&rdquo\;\n\nFrisell&rsquo\;s recordings over the last decades span a wide range of musical influences. His catalo g\, including 20 recordings for Nonesuch\, has been cited by DownBeat as & ldquo\;the best recorded output of the decade.&rdquo\; It includes origina l Buster Keaton film scores to arrangements of music for extended ensemble with horns (This Land\, Blues Dream)\; compositions originally written as soundtracks to Gary Larson cartoons (Quartet)\; interpretations of work b y other classic and contemporary American composers (Have a Little Faith)\ ; and collaborations with the acclaimed rhythm section of bassist Viktor K rauss and drummer Jim Keltner (Gone\, Just Like a Train\; Good Dog\, Happy Man).

\n\nOther releases include an album with Nashville musicians (Nash ville)\, the solo album Ghost Town\, an album of his arrangements of songs by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach (The Sweetest Punch)\, a trio album with jazz legends Dave Holland and Elvin Jones\, and a collection of Ameri can traditional songs and original compositions inspired by them entitled The Willies. The Intercontinentals\, nominated for a Grammy in 2004\, comb ines Frisell&rsquo\;s own brand of American roots music and his unmistakab le improvisational style with the influences of Brazilian\, Greek\, and Ma lian sounds. His 2004 release\, Unspeakable\, won a Grammy Award. His two- CD set East/West features his two working trios recorded in concert on bot h coasts.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says\, &ldquo\;Frisell is a revered f igure among musicians&mdash\;like Miles Davis and few others\, his signatu re is built from pure sound and inflection\; an anti-technique that is ins tantly identifiable.&rdquo\;

\n\nFrisell&rsquo\;s collaborators have incl uded such diverse artists as Gavin Bryars\, Don Byron\, Ron Carter\, Loudo n Wainwright III\, Elvis Costello\, Suzanne Vega\, Jerry Douglas\, Mariann e Faithful\, Robin Holcomb\, Wayne Horvitz\, Paul Motian\, Rinde Eckert\, Caetano Veloso\, Rickie Lee Jones\, David Sylvian\, Bono\, Ron Sexsmith\, Vic Chesnutt\, Van Dyke Parks\, Dave Holland\, Elvin Jones\, Laurie Anders on\, Paul Simon\, Vinicius Cantuaria\, John Scofield\, Jack DeJohnette\, L ee Konitz\, Hal Willner\, Ginger Baker\, Charlie Haden\, Marc Ribot\, T Bo ne Burnett\, Kenny Wheeler\, Joe Lovano\, John Zorn\, Jan Garbarek\, Gary Burton\, Joey Baron\, Marc Johnson\, Vic Chesnutt\, film directors Wim Wen ders\, Gus Van Sant and Rory Kennedy\, cartoonist Gary Larson and visual a rtist Jim Woodring\, and many others. He is also the music director of A C entury of Song for the Ruhr Triennale Arts Festival in Germany. Collaborat ors in this series have included Suzanne Vega\, Elvis Costello\, Rickie Le e Jones\, Loudon Wainwright III\, and Ron Sexsmith\, among others. DTSTART:20100409T000000 DTEND:20100409T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:Bill Frisell's Music For Films: Frisell takes on Keaton\, Woodring and Morrison featuring Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen accompanied by live films END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR