Bill Frisell - Intercontinentals This will fit on LOTS of shows. Jazz Eclectic Americana World FILL MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YD94S7Wxk8&list=PLfMmtm4mReRMBFxnR39jZlOmN00A5Aqca Janelle picked it. Maybe she will explain why.

This album came out in 2003, and features a truly world-wide collaboration of musicians. This review says it best: Bill Frisell took the Downtown New York jazz scene to Nashville, and Marc Ribot did the same thing for Cuba with his Los Cubanos Postizos and Muy Divertido. But until Frisell's The Intercontinentals, the robust, haunting sound of Malian blues guitar was largely untouched by six-stringing jazzoids. The aptly named Frisell Ensemble here includes Brazilian guitar and vocal great Vinicius Cantuaria (playing solid drums half the time), Mali's premier percussionist Sidiki Camara, Greek oud and bouzouki virtuoso Christos Govetas, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz, and violinist Jenny Scheinman. Rather than cover all the band's continents, though, the focal point is largely singular: "Boubacar" (in honor of Malian guitar pioneer Boubacar Traore) opens the set and has its vibe continued with a cover of his "Baba Drame," and everywhere the notes are hit and moods invoked as if Ali Farka Toure were looking on from Timbuktu. This is, though, still Frisell. An American earthiness crops up in Leisz's steel, as does the Mediterranean in Govetas's oud. And Frisell's sampled loops create an atmospheric cloudiness grounded by Camara's calabash and djembe and Cantuaria's drumming. In the constant sonic middle ground are the trifecta of oud, violin, and bass, merging the melody and rhythm brilliantly. Rootsy and undeniable, The Intercontinentals is yet another Frisellian work of genius. ~ Andrew Bartlett > On May 29, 2025, at 5:33 PM, Neal Losey via Onair <onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: > >  > Bill Frisell - Intercontinentals > This will fit on LOTS of shows. > Jazz > Eclectic > Americana > World > FILL MUSIC > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YD94S7Wxk8&list=PLfMmtm4mReRMBFxnR39jZlOmN00A5Aqca > > Janelle picked it. Maybe she will explain why. > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net

Thanks Neal- I love playing Bill Frisell on Speak Low. Thanks Janelle for this awesome review. bes_T On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM Janelle Younger via Onair < onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: > This album came out in 2003, and features a truly world-wide collaboration > of musicians. > > This review says it best: > > Bill Frisell took the Downtown New York jazz scene to Nashville, and Marc > Ribot did the same thing for Cuba with his Los Cubanos Postizos and Muy > Divertido. But until Frisell's The Intercontinentals, the robust, haunting > sound of Malian blues guitar was largely untouched by six-stringing > jazzoids. The aptly named Frisell Ensemble here includes Brazilian guitar > and vocal great Vinicius Cantuaria (playing solid drums half the time), > Mali's premier percussionist Sidiki Camara, Greek oud and bouzouki virtuoso > Christos Govetas, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz, and violinist Jenny > Scheinman. Rather than cover all the band's continents, though, the focal > point is largely singular: "Boubacar" (in honor of Malian guitar pioneer > Boubacar Traore) opens the set and has its vibe continued with a cover of > his "Baba Drame," and everywhere the notes are hit and moods invoked as if > Ali Farka Toure were looking on from Timbuktu. This is, though, still > Frisell. An American earthiness crops up in Leisz's steel, as does the > Mediterranean in Govetas's oud. And Frisell's sampled loops create an > atmospheric cloudiness grounded by Camara's calabash and djembe and > Cantuaria's drumming. In the constant sonic middle ground are the trifecta > of oud, violin, and bass, merging the melody and rhythm brilliantly. Rootsy > and undeniable, The Intercontinentals is yet another Frisellian work of > genius. > > ~ Andrew Bartlett > > On May 29, 2025, at 5:33 PM, Neal Losey via Onair <onair@list.kcbx.net> > wrote: > >  > Bill Frisell - Intercontinentals > This will fit on LOTS of shows. > Jazz > Eclectic > Americana > World > FILL MUSIC > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YD94S7Wxk8&list=PLfMmtm4mReRMBFxnR39jZlOmN00A5Aqca > > Janelle picked it. Maybe she will explain why. > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net > > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net > -- Tom di Santo, AIA Professor of Architecture California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 [M:oME] Principal Architect 805.234.1727 mobile