Is That You? is the second album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label.Nonesuch Records album info accessed 12 September 2008. 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 stated, "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".Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed June 13, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated. "No Man's Land" - 6:40 "Someone in My Backyard" - 2:45 "Rag" - 4:00 "Is That You?" - 6:50 "The Way Home" - 6:00 "Twenty Years" - 2:43 "Chain of Fools" (Covay) - 3:30 "Hello Nellie" - 4:07 "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Mercer) - 3:35 "Yuba City" (Horvitz)- 5:42 "Half a Million" - 4:00 "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
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