Have a Little Faith (Bill Frisell album) explained

Have a Little Faith
Type:Album
Artist:Bill Frisell
Cover:Have a Little Faith (album).jpg
Released:1992
Recorded:March 1992
Studio:RPM Studios NYC
Genre:Downtown music, Americana
Length:60:46
Label:Elektra Nonesuch
Producer:Wayne Horvitz
Prev Title:Where in the World?
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:This Land
Next Year:1993

Have a Little Faith is a 1992 album by American guitarist Bill Frisell, his seventh album overall and fourth for Elektra Nonesuch. Musicians include Frisell, clarinetist Don Byron, bassist Kermit Driscoll, accordion player Guy Klucevsek and drummer Joey Baron. The album covers a range of American classical and popular music.[1] The album was widely acclaimed as one of Frisell's best and as an outstanding jazz albums of the 1990s.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album for its "Core Collection" calling it a "marvelous examination of Americana'".[2]

An AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars out of 5, stating, "This is one of the most inventive recordings of the 1990s and should delight most listeners from any genre".[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Open Prairie": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 3:11
  2. "Street Scene in a Frontier Town": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 1:45
  3. "Mexican Dance and Finale": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 3:44
  4. "Prairie Night (Card Game at Night)/Gun Battle": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 5:02
  5. "Celebration After Billy's Capture": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 2:17
  6. "Billy in Prison": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 1:33
  7. "The Open Prairie Again": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 2:34
  8. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 1 (Ives) – 0:41
  9. "Just Like a Woman" (Dylan) – 4:49
  10. "I Can't Be Satisfied" (Morganfield) (3:00)
  11. "Live to Tell" (Leonard, Madonna) – 10:10
  12. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 2 (Ives) – 3:05
  13. "No Moe" (Rollins) – 2:37
  14. "Washington Post March" (Sousa) – 2:05
  15. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) – 3:26
  16. "Little Jenny Dow" (Foster) – 3:30
  17. "Have a Little Faith in Me" (Hiatt) – 5:39
  18. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 1:38

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/have-a-little-faith Nonesuch Records album info
  2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 8th.. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2006. Penguin. New York. 0-14-102327-9. 464. Bill Frisell. registration.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 15, 2011

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