BILL FRISELL TRIO
OPENING CONCERT
OF THE 38TH JAZZDOR-STRASBOURG FESTIVAL
BILL FRISELL TRIO
At the age of 71, after a career spanning more than forty years that has seen him establish himself as one of the most decisive and influential guitarists and composers of contemporary (post)jazz, Bill Frisell loves nothing more than to return to the fundamentals of his instrument and to his skilfully syncretic own aesthetic in a trio setting. Opting for the most fragile and poetical aspects of this minimalist orchestration, all three musicians project themselves without a net into dreamlike climates with shifting textures, applying the prism of the most contemporary jazz to all the stylistic facets of Americana (from blues to country). This is music that is fundamentally elegiac and melancholic, through which Bill Frisell, faithful to his poetics of evasion and innuendo, explores the most intimate imaginary territories with modesty.
Bill Frisell, guitar
Thomas Morgan, double bass
Rudy Royston, drums