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Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival presents the Bill Frisell Trio w/ Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen.Tickets*:
$35 General Admission
$50 Reserved Seating (in the first few rows)
*As an extra special bonus, all Summer Jazz 2023 pass holders can attend this concert for just $10. Please be sure to reserve your ticket by contacting our box office at [email protected].
Bio:
"My trio with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen is probably the most flexible, spontaneous group I play with. The program can change from night to night depending on what kind of mood we're all in, the size or sound of the room, the audience, what we have or had not had to eat that day, how much sleep we've had recently, how far we've traveled, etc. etc. We never plan a set before hand. With Tony and Kenny I have the luxury of playing just about anything that comes into my head at any moment. This could be music from any of my albums, standard songs, folk songs, or whatever. These guys really inspire and challenge me every time we get together." - Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade”.
His latest recording released this November 11 is FOUR, on Blue Note, a quartet album with Gregory Tardy (clarinet; bass clarinet & tenor sax); Gerald Clayton (piano) & Johnathan Blake (drums). "Bill Frisell moves closer to a coolly thematic contemporary jazz... This new quartet is improvisationally looser in its ensemble conversations... and also builds compelling grooves out of gospelly moods.... irrresistable.” - John Fordham; Jazzwise
In March 2022, a biography on Frisell, entitled Beautiful Dreamer – The Guitarist Who Changed The Sound of American Music, written by Philip Watson was published by Faber and released in the UK, Europe, South, Central America & Asia. Through unprecedented access, and interviews with his close family, friends and collaborators, Philip Watson tells the story of the innovative and influential guitarist and composer. Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell
was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists and Meet the Composer, among others. From 2013 – 2015, Bill was Resident Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center for their Roots of Americana series, and in 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Bill is also the subject of a documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave,Ottawa,ON,Canada
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