Is That You? Explained

Is That You?
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bill Frisell
Cover:	Is That You.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	August 1989
Studio:	Ironwood Studios, Seattle
Genre:	Downtown music
Length:	49:33
Label:	Elektra Nonesuch
Producer:	Wayne Horvitz
Prev Title:	Before We Were Born
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Where in the World?
Next Year:	1991

Is That You? is the second album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label.^[1] It was released in 1990 and features performances by Frisell, keyboardist Wayne Horvitz and drummer Joey Baron, who were all members of Naked City at this time.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "Is That You? finds the guitarist already trending away from that band's scattershot assault and toward the more pastoral leanings he would embrace in the upcoming decade".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

1. "No Man's Land" - 6:40
2. "Someone in My Backyard" - 2:45
3. "Rag" - 4:00
4. "Is That You?" - 6:50
5. "The Way Home" - 6:00
6. "Twenty Years" - 2:43
7. "Chain of Fools" (Covay) - 3:30
8. "Hello Nellie" - 4:07
9. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Mercer) - 3:35
10. "Yuba City" (Horvitz)- 5:42
11. "Half a Million" - 4:00
12. "Hope and Fear" - 1:06

Personnel

• Bill Frisell

electric and acoustic guitars, bass, banjo, ukulele, clarinet

• Wayne Horvitz

keyboards, drum programming, momentary bass

• Joey Baron

drums

• Dave Hofstra

tuba on 4 & 8, bass on 7

Notes and References

1. http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/is-that-you Nonesuch Records album info
2. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed June 13, 2011