Actor

Bill Frisell

Sound

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Movies: 27Series: 0Crew credits: 14

TMDB ID: 69171

IMDb ID: nm0295867

Known for: Sound

Born: March 18, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2023

Years active: 32

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q434968

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Music (9)Original Music Composer (4)Musician (1)

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Biography

William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He 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 contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.

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