Personnel: Bill Frisell: electric and acoustic guitars, loop (5); Danny Barnes: banjo (3, 14); Jerry Douglas: dobro (4, 11); Greg Leisz: dobro (13), pedal steel guitar (5, 15); Ry Cooder: electric and Ripley guitar (8); Wayne Horvitz: organ (5, 15); Viktor Krauss: bass (2, 4, 5, 7-9, 11, 15); Keith Lowe: bass (3, 14 ); Kermit Driscoll: bass (10); David Pitch: bass (13); Jim Keltner: drums (2, 5, 8, 9), percussion (7, 15); Joey Baron: drums (10); Kenny Wollesen: drums (13). Title: The Best of Bill Frisell: Vol. 1 - Folk Songs Year Released: 2009 Record Label: Nonesuch Records.

That Bill Frisell should get the "best-of" treatment from his longtime label Nonesuch seems overdue, even strangely so. Frisell began recording for Elektra Musician in 1986 after leaving ECM Records, where he'd recorded a steady string of generally excellent but somewhat low profile albums. Elektra owned Nonesuch Records as well. Which brings us to this 15-cut issue, a first volume in series of retrospective recordings subtitled "Folk Songs. Equally at home in the avant-garde or playing bop, Frisell's chops as a jazz guitarist are well documented, and since he began his work with Nonesuch in particular, his penchant for playing classic American songs from the country, folk, and blues idioms has been heard voluminously as well.

The first in a series of compilations drawn from Bill Frisell's catalog spotlights his idiosyncratic excursions into country and traditional folk. Make your world anew and treat yourself.

William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger. 1. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. 3:30.

This compilation from eight albums seems designed to be his most radio-friendly CD to date, exploring his journeys through Americana and acoustic folk replete with banjos, dobros and pedal steel

Considering that the guitarist Bill Frisell played one of the highlights of the last London jazz festival and enjoyed one of his most idiomatically varied years in 2008, it might seem a bit early for retrospectives. But Nonesuch is launching a series of themed compilations from Frisell's diverse output, starting with a first volume devoted to his improvisations on American folk songs.

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Best Of Vo. : Folk Songs. Cat No: 7559798633 Label: NONESUCH Genre: JAZZ, FUSION. Best Of Vo. A landmark release for veteran session player and soloist Bill Frisell, one of America's most broadly accomplished guitarists. Over the years Frisell has collaborated with everyrone from Elvis Costello to avant-garde mavericks like John Zorn and even drone metallers Earth, winning a Grammy award along the way for his solo jazz album Unspeakable.