Disfarmer is the 21st album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Nonesuch label.Bill Frisell discography accessed August 2, 2011 It features music written to accompany a retrospective of photographs taken by Mike Disfarmer.
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "the players are all excellent, but nobody here, not even Frisell, shines. Still, it is a pleasant recording to listen to if not hang on to. It floats and hovers about the room as a peaceful backdrop. Disfarmer is to be taken as a soundtrack rather than as a Frisell album proper, and listened to as a series of sketches rather than as a fully assembled statement from the artist".Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
Track listing All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.
"Disfarmer Theme" – 5:37 "Lonely Man" – 1:15 "Lost, Night" – 1:50 "Farmer" – 1:03 "Focus" – 2:26 "Peter Miller's Discovery" – 4:43 "That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 3:10 "Little Girl" – 3:42 "Little Boy" – 1:16 "No One Gets In" – 2:47 "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 2:48 "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams" 3:50 "Shutter, Dream" (Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman) – 4:26 "Exposed" – 2:12 "The Wizard" – 1:52 "Think" – 4:37 "Drink" – 4:29 "Play" – 1:32 "I Am Not a Farmer" – 3:36 "Small Town" – 1:00 "Arkansas Part 1" – 1:53 "Arkansas Part 2" – 2:19 "Arkansas Part 3" – 1:54 "Lost Again, Dark" – 2:06 "Natural Light" – 2:59 "Did You See Him?" – 2:06
Personnel Bill Frisell – guitars Greg Leisz – steel guitars, mandolin Jenny Scheinman – violin Viktor Krauss – bass
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