Bill Frisell for Solo 5-string

[Tom Wright]

Two tunes I adapted from Bill Frisell's "Good Dog, Happy Man", Shenandoah and the title cut.

http://www.twtunes.com/pages/Shenandoah.mp3

Not a streaming file, download by right-clicking and "save as".

[Brent Hutto]

Thank you for posting that, Tom. Shenandoah is one of my favorite tunes and Frisell's setting is wonderful. You've fitted it so nicely to your 5-string, very effective performance.

What a coincidence seeing this. I just bought my first Bill Frisell CD in a long while yesterday.

[kmmando]

Nice, very nice, I enjoyed that. Thanks! I saw Bill Frisell, a great favourite of mine, a few years back in Newcastle Upon Tyne, with the amazing Malian guitarist Djelimady Tounkara (now in Afrocubism) and slide genius Greig Leisz, and a couple of others - it was a fantastic gig! I wish they'd play in the UK more. His albums are highly inventive and interesting - and I love "The Intercontinentals" he did. Top cd.

KHJM

[Tom Wright]

Thanks. Frisell makes such beautiful and cool sounds.

[meow-n-dolin]

Thanks Tom.. that is just plain beautiful. I need say no more.

[CLeRIK]

It sounds great! Is it recorded in one take, with your Ryder, or is it layered? The string separation is really great and I love the sound of the attack. Nice trebles and drones Wants me to get a better standard scale (not octave) emando.

[Brent Hutto]

Wants me to get a better standard scale (not octave) emando.

Funny how it has different effects on different people. It makes me want to invite Tom over to my house to play his five-string!

[danbui]

Beautiful tune and playing. I love the droning C-string. Are you running any effects on this?

[Tom Wright]

Is it recorded in one take, with your Ryder, or is it layered?

Single take on a MicroTrack portable recorder, reverb and chorus added afterward in SoundForge. (My copy of ProTools has stopped working, maybe due to Windows Update.)

My goal these days is true solo repertoire, covering melody, bass, and harmony. Bach takes care of itself, the fun is taking a Beatles song or jazz standard and finding the fullest sound.