Have a Little Faith (Bill Frisell album)

Have a Little Faith
Studio album by Bill Frisell
Released 1992
Recorded March, 1992
Genre Downtown music, Americana
Length 60:46
Label Elektra Nonesuch
Producer Wayne Horvitz
Bill Frisell chronology
Where in the World?
(1991)		 Have a Little Faith
(1992)		 This Land
(1993)

Have a Little Faith is the fourth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1992 and features performances by Frisell, Don Byron, Kermit Driscoll, Guy Klucevsek and Joey Baron coving a range of American classical and popular music.[1]

Contents

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" calling it a "marvellous examination of Americana'".[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars stating "This set features Frisell in a quintet with Don Byron (on clarinet and bass clarinet), Guy Klucevsek on accordion, bassist Kermit Driscoll, and drummer Joey Baron. To call the repertoire wide-ranging would be an understatement. In addition to eight melodies from Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid, Frisell and company explore (and often reinvent) pieces written by Charles Ives, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Madonna, Sonny Rollins, Stephen Foster, and John Phillip Sousa. This is one of the most inventive recordings of the 1990s and should delight most listeners from any genre.".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Penguin Guide to Jazz [2]
Allmusic [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Open Prairie": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 3:11
  2. "Street Scene in a Frontier Town": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 1:45
  3. "Mexican Dance and Finale": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 3:44
  4. "Prairie Night (Card Game at Night)/Gun Battle": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 5:02
  5. "Celebration After Billy's Capture": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 2:17
  6. "Billy in Prison": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 1:33
  7. "The Open Prairie Again": from Billy the Kid (Copland) - 2:34
  8. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 1 (Ives) - 0:41
  9. "Just Like a Woman" (Dylan) - 4:49
  10. "I Can't Be Satisfied" (Morganfield) (3:00)
  11. "Live to Tell" (Leonard, Madonna) - 10:10
  12. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 2 (Ives) - 3:05
  13. "No Moe" (Rollins) - 2:37
  14. "Washington Post March" (Sousa) - 2:05
  15. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) - 3:26
  16. "Little Jenny Dow" (Foster) - 3:30
  17. "Have a Little Faith in Me" (Hiatt) - 5:39
  18. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) - 1:38
  • Recorded at RPM Studios NYC March 1992

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Nonesuch Records album info accessed 12 September, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "Bill Frisell". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 464. ISBN 0-14-102327-9. 
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 15, 2011