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Bill Frisell

  • Voice Choices

    May 2, 2012

    MOVIN' ON

    St. Ann's Warehouse throws itself 
a big farewell party

  • Voice Choices

    March 21, 2012

    Bill Frisell & Sam Amidon

    St. Ann's Warehouse throws itself 
a big farewell party

  • Music

    March 7, 2012

    Jenny Scheinman's String Theories

    The violinist takes a singularly dualistic approach to music

  • Voice Choices

    February 15, 2012

    Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem

    The violinist takes a singularly dualistic approach to music

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Paul Motian, R.I.P.

    Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 16, 2011

    Jenny Scheinman, Bill Frisell, and Brian Blade

    Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 25, 2011

    Lee Konitz Quintet

    Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 2, 2011

    Jeremy Udden's Plainville

    Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    In Praise of Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, and the Graceful Despair of Marc Ribot

    Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    This Week's Voice: AraabMuzik, My Chemical Romance, Orange Juice, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and More

    My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 25, 2010

    Joey Baron & Bill Frisell

    My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

  • Music

    June 29, 2010

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Mocking Traditions, or Joining Them

    Plus suave elegance, raw non-beauty, and other works-in-progress

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    What's Old Is New, Or Something: Swans, Christian Marclay Return to New York City

    ​Michael Gira's legendary noise punk crew Swans announced their reunion back in January, and with guitarist Norman Westberg on board (no Jarboe, alas), Gira seemed to be promising the return of the ferocious, '80s vintage of his band, rather than gothy, whispery, horror-house '90s version. Thi ... More >>

  • Music

    April 13, 2010

    Less Is More for Paul Motian

    But sometimes more works, too

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

    Album of the year, reissue of the year, best debut, and more

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    2009 Jazz Poll: Tom Hull's Alternate, Unsettled Top 10

    Great jazz records we caught, with apologies to those we missed

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    Vijay Iyer Tops the Fourth Annual Village Voice Jazz Poll

    Historicity and records from other fresh faces take our 2009 jazz poll

  • Music

    October 27, 2009

    The Great Jazz-Drummer Takeover of 2009

    Here are four percussive big shots not too shy to run the show

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Advance Stream: Richard Hell's Somewhat Bizarre, Thoroughly Excellent Destiny Street Repaired

    ​So here's a strange thing: Next month Insound will release a revamped, partially rerecorded version of Richard Hell and the Voidoids jovially jagged 1982 NYC punk classic Destiny Street, with Robert Quine's original rhythm-guitar tracks overlayed with all-new vocals by Hell and stupendously o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Live: Zoning Out With Tortoise at the Bang on a Can Marathon

    Ignore the song titles. CREDIT. The Bang on a Can Marathon World Financial Center Winter Garden Sunday, May 31 Verily, this fest has scaled back somewhat in recent years -- consider 2007's fairly insane 26-hour affair, wherein I emerged, groggy and disoriented, from the Winter Garden at around 4:3 ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Chasing Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, or Something Else Entirely

    Ignore the song titles. CREDIT. The Bang on a Can Marathon World Financial Center Winter Garden Sunday, May 31 Verily, this fest has scaled back somewhat in recent years -- consider 2007's fairly insane 26-hour affair, wherein I emerged, groggy and disoriented, from the Winter Garden at around 4:3 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 20, 2009

    Ron Miles Quartet

    Ignore the song titles. CREDIT. The Bang on a Can Marathon World Financial Center Winter Garden Sunday, May 31 Verily, this fest has scaled back somewhat in recent years -- consider 2007's fairly insane 26-hour affair, wherein I emerged, groggy and disoriented, from the Winter Garden at around 4:3 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 20, 2009

    SONIC BOON

    Catch 12 nonstop hours of new music

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2009

    Rudy Royston 303 Sextet

    Catch 12 nonstop hours of new music

  • Voice Choices

    January 14, 2009

    BIG KISS

    A pretty fiddler with the elegance of Lucinda

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    2008 Voice Jazz Poll Winners

    A pretty fiddler with the elegance of Lucinda

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

    A pretty fiddler with the elegance of Lucinda

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Brad Paisley Salutes Great Women, Guitarists, Puns

    A pretty fiddler with the elegance of Lucinda

  • Voice Choices

    August 27, 2008

    IN WITH THE NEW

    Two downtown musicians open a downtown club

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    EARS WIDE OPEN

    So much jazz, so little time

  • Music

    May 20, 2008

    Jenny Scheinman's Crossing the Field

    Local luminary explores America, high and low

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Interview: Jazz Guitarist Bill Frisell

    Local luminary explores America, high and low

  • Music

    August 28, 2007

    Melody Lingers On

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • Music

    May 30, 2006

    2006 Jazz Supplement Listings

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • NYC Life

    February 28, 2006

    To Serve and Protect: A Freestyle Series Rumbles On

    Mastering Dylan, flubbing Darin, and paying tribute to the inimitable Max Roach

  • Music

    February 14, 2006

    Fungible Insights

    Jazz on the fringe, even when it hopes to end up in the middle

  • Music

    February 7, 2006

    Motian in Poetry

    Dummer's group exploits sonic possibilities, sets off storm of sound

  • Music

    December 20, 2005

    Piano Standard to Piano Striver

    Just 10 really good jazz albums in a year that had more than its share of them

  • Music

    December 20, 2005

    New Hope for the Dead

    Just 10 really good jazz albums in a year that had more than its share of them

  • Music

    August 2, 2005

    Democracy Now

    Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, and a band that looks almost like America take back the flag

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    Jazz Summer 2005

    Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, and a band that looks almost like America take back the flag

  • Music

    September 7, 2004

    Gtr

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • Music

    August 31, 2004

    Music

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • NYC Life

    August 26, 2003

    Listings

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • Music

    June 17, 2003

    Diffusion Rools

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • Music

    October 23, 2001

    Music

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • Music

    June 15, 1999

    Bill Frisell and the Willies

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

  • Music

    March 2, 1999

    Too Sweet To Die

    Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

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