Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: How One Man Changed the Sound of Modern Music [L0060]

2022 - HCDJ, 548-pages, Excellent condition. The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist, Bill Frisell, featuring exclusive interviews with Paul Simon, Bon Iver and more. Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he has synthesised many disparate musical elements - from jazz to pop, folk to film music, ambient to avant-garde, country to classical - into one compellingly singular sound. Described as 'the favourite guitarist of many people who agree on little else in music', Frisell connects to a diverse range of artists and admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, and Bon Iver. Everybody loves Bill Frisell. Through unprecedented access and interviews with his close family, friends and collaborators, Philip Watson, former editor-at-large at GQ and editor at Esquire, tells the story of why.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book is one that grabs the reader from the start. Author Phillip Watson made up his mind that he wanted to write a book about Bill Frisell after he first met him at one of his gigs, so you could say that the finished product was 35 years in the making! The book is an exhaustive study right from the start of Frisell's life up to the present day, and no details of his life story have been left out - childhood, formative years, work ethic, family life - his mysterious illness, and more. Even so, in this book though the music comes first!"; "Excellent work by Philip Watson. The biography goes deep into Frisell's personality and connects it with his work. A must have for everyone who digs Bill Frisell."; "A beautiful comprehensive look at Frisell's life, temperament and place in American music. While the the book follows the familiar arc of a musical bio, there are diversions in the form of the Counterpoint sections of a book and pauses in the drive of the bio to reflect in depth on aspects of Frisell's personality, his creativity and his family life that deliberately deepen the book. Funny at times, tearfully poignant as well and a wonderful read."