''Disfarmer'' is the 21st album by

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of context ...

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 Mike Disfarmer (born Mike Meyer, 1884–1959) was an American photographer known for his portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas from the 1920s to the 1950s. His stark, realist photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s and later came to be ...

Reception

The

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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 Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs " That's All Right" (1946), " My Baby Left Me" and "So G ...

) – 3:10 # "Little Girl" – 3:42 # "Little Boy" – 1:16 # "No One Gets In" – 2:47 # "

Lovesick Blues "Lovesick Blues" is a Tin Pan Alley song, composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Irving Mills. It first appeared in the 1922 musical "Oh, Ernest", and was recorded that year by Elsie Clark and Jack Shea. Emmett Miller recorded it in 1925 and ...

" (

Cliff Friend Cliff Friend (October 1, 1893 – June 27, 1974) was an accomplished songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Friend co-wrote several hits including " Lovesick Blues", "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" and " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Do ...

Irving Mills Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose. Personal Mills was ...

) – 2:48 # "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (

Hank Williams Hank Williams (born Hiram Williams; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, he reco ...

" 3:50 # "Shutter, Dream" (Bill Frisell,

Viktor Krauss Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss. Music career Krauss was born to Fr ...

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

Jenny Scheinman Jenny Scheinman is a jazz violinist. She has produced several critically acclaimed solo albums, including ''12 Songs'', named one of the Top Ten Albums of 2005 by ''The New York Times''. She has played with Linda Perry, Norah Jones, Nels Cli ...

) – 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

– guitars *

– steel guitars, mandolin *

– violin *

– bass

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Bill Frisell albums Nonesuch Records albums