Rambler (Bill Frisell album)

Rambler
Studio album by
Bill Frisell
Released29 April 1985[1]
RecordedAugust 1984
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenrePost-bop
Length45:22
LabelECM 1287
ProducerManfred Eicher
Bill Frisell chronology
Theoretically
(1984) 		Rambler
(1985) 		Smash & Scatteration
(1985)

Rambler is the second album by American jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, recorded in August 1984 and released on ECM in April of the following year. The quintet features brass section Kenny Wheeler and Bob Stewart and rhythm section Jerome Harris and Paul Motian.[2][3][1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "This relatively early set from Bill Frisell is a fine showcase for the utterly unique guitarist. Frisell has the ability to play nearly any extroverted style of music and his humor (check out the date's "Music I Heard") is rarely far below the surface. This particular quintet (with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, tuba player Bob Stewart, electric bassist Jerome Harris and drummer Paul Motian) is not exactly short of original personalities and their outing (featuring seven Frisell compositions) is one of the most lively of all the ones in the ECM catalog."[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell.

  1. "Tone" – 8:00
  2. "Music I Heard" – 4:49
  3. "Rambler" – 8:20
  4. "When We Go" – 5:19
  5. "Resistor" – 5:49
  6. "Strange Meeting" – 7:05
  7. "Wizard of Odds" – 6:19

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Records, E. C. M. "ECM Records". ECM Records.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (July 31, 1985). "The Pop Life; Africa's Sacred Music" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ Harrison, Thomas (June 16, 2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313366000 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 13, 2011
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 512. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Rambler". PEOPLE.com.