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| Artist: Bill Frisell
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 50303
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 79615
UPC: 075597961522
EAN: 0075597961522
ASIN: B000056K1Y
Release Date: January 30, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Blues Dream | | • | Ron Carter | | • | Pretty Flowers Were Made for Blooming | | • | Pretty Stars Were Made to Shine | | • | Where Do We Go? | | • | Like Dreamers Do, Pt. 1 | | • | Like Dreamers Do, Pt. 2 | | • | Outlaws | | • | What Do We Do? | | • | Episode | | • | Soul Merchant | | • | Greg Leisz | | • | The Tractor | | • | Fifty Years | | • | Slow Dance | | • | Things Will Never Be the Same | | • | Dream On | | • | Blues Dream (Reprise) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
For those who have been wondering where Mr. Bill's musical wanderings would lead him in the wake of his first solo CD, Ghost Town, Blues Dream provides the ambitious answer. Nearly all Frisell's fascinations are here: the pastoralism of Have a Little Faith, a Nashville tinge, and the cinematic sounds of Quartet. There's also the electronic loop atmospheres of his ECM and early Elektra years and the alternating Ellingtonian and Salvation Army horns of his quintet period. All of this melded into 18 new compositions commissioned by the Walker Arts Center. A textural richness comes courtesy of Greg Leisz's various guitars backing Frisell's own guitar and a stunning integration of three horns: Curtis Fowlkes's trombone, Ron Miles's trumpet, and Billy Drewes's saxophones. As you listen to this string of broad-shouldered pieces, tributes to greats like Ron Carter, and strangely blues-inflected soundscapes, it's apparent that the solos of Ghost Town can operate as a sort of sketch or "cartoon" for this, the full painting; or a short that is then expanded into a feature. Frisell's career is taking on the aspect of a well-crafted movie or novel that explores different story lines before bringing them together for the finale (and this might be the prelude to the finale). --Michael Ross
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bill Frisell's "Blue Dream" September 28, 2007
J. Rich
"Blues Dream" released in 2001 on Nonesuch is one of Frisell's best efforts as a leader. The music, as always with Frisell, is very hard to categorize. It's essentially blues-jazz combined with folk, bluegrass, country, and a touch of avant-garde, because we all know Frisell favors a little bit more dissonance than other jazz guitarists. This is a great beginning album for people just starting to get into Frisell as is his album "Good Dog, Happy Man."
The musicianship, as with any Frisell album, is top-notch. Bill has a talent for finding just the right musicians to play his music. I was particuarly impressed with drummer Kenny wollesen, pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz, and trumpeter Ron Miles. All the other musicians are fantastic, but it seems these musicians really took this session to another level.
The audio quality of this recording is also very well done. This album is again produced by Lee Townsend, whom I feel is just as important as any of the musicians. You can really hear his mark on this album's production. Townsend has been producing Frisell's albums for many, many years now and always does a fine job.
If you enjoyed his albums "Good Dog, Happy Man" and "The Intercontinentals" then this would be a welcome addition to your collection. Very highly recommended.
 Blues Dream January 2, 2007
Morris Kaufman (Santa Fe)
This is wonderful music. I found it innovative in the way Frisell used Blues, Jazz, and Country elements to weave an evocative soundscape
What can I say? January 2, 2006
Wade T. Smith (Cambridge, MA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album was not my first Frisell, and I was looking, when getting it, for something rather specific that, IMHO, only Frisell can do with the richness it deserves- the extended ballad, and this album has what is, again IMHO, his finest, and probably _the_ finest and most achingly gorgeous piece of emotive completeness- What Do We Do.
Scintillatingly marvelous.
Musical Neo-Americana November 15, 2005
Darren (Jersey Shore, NJ USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was new to Bill Frisell and after reading some reviews and listening to the sound clips on Amazon, I purchased this CD. I have absolutely NO regrets.
Although I am not a huge fan of country or bluegrass music, Blues Dream is a delightfully progressive fusion of those, along with a healthy portion of folk, rock and blues added. The resultant sounds paint relaxing (and sometimes hypnotic) sketches of a musical Neo Americana.
Blues Dream is a progressive 'jazz-like' fusion of a few musical styles, but one which never fails to lose the sound, or the mood, of it's traditional American roots.
 Okay, not brilliant October 15, 2004
N. Caine (Los Angeles, CA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a Frisell fan, and while there are a few gorgeous tracks on this, it doesn't fulfill the promise of the title. For those who collect Frisell, go ahead and get it. For those looking to buy one or two of his recent works, I'd go with Ghost Town and Intercontinentals (or Nashville).
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