Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan – Small Town | ECM Records

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan
Small Town

Bill Frisell: guitar
Thomas Morgan: double-bass

+++++ Available on CD + 180g LP

Small Town presents guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan in a program of duets, the poetic chemistry of their playing captured live at New York’s hallowed Village Vanguard. Frisell made his debut as a leader for ECM in 1983 with the similarly intimate In Line. The guitarist’s rich history with the label also includes multiple recordings by his iconic cooperative trio with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano, culminating in Time and Time Again in 2007. Small Town begins with a tribute to Motian in the form of a searching, 11-minute interpretation of the late drummer’s composition “It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago,” the duo’s counterpoint yielding a hushed power. Morgan has appeared on several ECM albums of late, as bassist of choice for Tomasz Stanko, Jakob Bro, David Virelles, Giovanni Guidi and Masabumi Kikuchi. Small Town sees Frisell and Morgan pay homage to jazz elder Lee Konitz with his “Subconscious Lee,” and there are several country/blues-accented Frisell originals, including the hauntingly melodic title track. The duo caps the set with an inimitable treatment of John Barry’s famous James Bond theme “Goldfinger.”

ECM 2525

[danielschaeffer]

Beautiful, imaginative film that tells the story. For the past, nostalgia, a sense of loss, a tinge of bitterness. For the future, resignation, with a bit of hope…

[miguelangelfernandezsardin]

Factory. ECM. the best. forever. Thank. you for. existing . I ´ve. been. following. you. for. more than. 20. years.

[kdomster]

Space is the Sound, silence is golden...

[ultron]

Wonderful performances...Frisell is a musician for the ages...melody taken to the level of profundity!!

[mccullochker]

that hypnotic pull to the right ~ 1:20—eno-visual cool

[fredfungalspore]

Just heard this track on DAB Very listenable.GeeTar.😎

[fearghal]

Every time i hear this i get this uncanny feeling of recognition: is this adapted from a Neil Young song or something

[Joãocheiodegrilos]

Parece um brega do Reginaldo Rossi

Itamaraca é uma ilha encantada

[srcrer]

is that konitz coughing in the background? :)

[izziOnBass]

Is there a LP I can order via amazon ?

[markwilliams]

A foreboding improvisation eliciting possibly unpleasant reminiscences of Small Town oppression of the individual.