Bill Frisell discography

This discography features albums released by guitarist Bill Frisell, released recordings of bands and projects he was/is a member of, and albums on which he appears as guest musician. Labels and dates indicate first release.

Albums

Compilations

• Works (ECM, 1988)
• A-Collection (WEA, 2000)
• Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bill Frisell (ECM, 2002)
• The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 - Folk Songs (Nonesuch, 2009)

Collaborations

• Theoretically with Tim Berne (Empire, 1984)
• Smash & Scatteration with Vernon Reid (Minor Music, 1985)
• Strange Meeting by Power Tools with Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson (Antilles, 1987)
• Worlds, Joe Lovano (Label Bleu, 1989)
• Just So Happens with Gary Peacock (Postcards, 1994)
• American Blood/Safety in Numbers with Victor Bruce Godsey and Brian Ales (Intuition, 1995)
• Deep Dead Blue with Elvis Costello (Nonesuch, 1995)
• Motion Pictures with Michael White (Intuition, 1997)
• Songs We Know with Fred Hersch (Nonesuch, 1998)
• Reunion with Dale Bruning (Jazz Link Enterprises, 2001)
• Petra Haden and Bill Frisell with Petra Haden (True North, 2003)
• The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers with Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams, 2006)
• Floratone with Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend, and Tucker Martine (Blue Note, 2007)
• Hemispheres with Jim Hall (ArtistShare, 2008)
• Floratone II with Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend, and Tucker Martine (Savoy, 2012)
• Balladeering with Jakob Bro (Loveland, 2009)
• Lágrimas Mexicanas with Vinicius Cantuária (Naïve, 2011)
• Time with Jakob Bro (Loveland, 2011)
• Enfants Terribles with Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock, and Joey Baron (Half Note, 2012)
• Small Town with Thomas Morgan, (ECM, 2017)

With Paul Motian

• Psalm with Ed Schuller and Billy Drewes (ECM, 1982)
• The Story of Maryam with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1984)
• Jack of Clubs with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1985)
• It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
• Misterioso with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1987)
• Monk in Motian with Geri Allen and Dewey Redman (JMT, 1988)
• On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
• One Time Out (Soul Note, 1989)
• On Broadway Volume 2 with Charlie Haden (JMT, 1989)
• Bill Evans with Marc Johnson (JMT, 1990)
• Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
• On Broadway Volume 3 with Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden (JMT, 1991)
• Trioism (JMT, 1994)
• At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
• Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1997)
• I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2005)
• Time and Time Again (ECM, 2007)
• The Windmills of Your Mind with Petra Haden and Thomas Morgan (Winter & Winter, 2011)

With John Zorn

• The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1986)
• Cobra (Hathut, 1987)
• Spillane (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1987)
• News for Lulu with George Lewis (Hathut, 1988)
• Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
• More News for Lulu (Hathut, 1990)
• Filmworks 1986–1990 (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
• Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
• New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik, 1997)
• Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003)

With the Gnostic Trio (with Carol Emmanuel, Kenny Wollesen)

• The Gnostic Preludes (Tzadik, 2012)
• The Mysteries (Tzadik, 2013)
• In Lambeth (Tzadik, 2013)
• The Testament of Solomon (Tzadik, 2014)
• Transmigration of the Magus (Tzadik, 2014)
• The Mockingbird (Tzadik, 2016)

With Naked City

• Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch, 1989)
• Torture Garden (Shimmy Disc, 1990)
• Grand Guignol (Avant, 1992)
• Leng Tch'e (Toys Factory, 1992)
• Heretic (Avant, 1992)
• Radio (Avant, 1993)
• Absinthe (Avant, 1993)
• Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (Tzadik, 2002)

On albums produced by Hal Willner

• Amarcord Nino Rota: Interpretations of Nino Rota's Music from the Films of Federico Fellini (Hannibal, 1981)
• Mathilde Santing, Out of This Dream: A Third Side (Megadisc, 1987)
• Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (Island, 1987)
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M, 1988)
• Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer, Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves (Island, 1989)
• Allen Ginsberg, The Lion for Real (Great Jones, Antilles, 1989)
• David Sanborn, Another Hand (Elektra/Musician, 1991)
• Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus (Columbia, 1992)
• The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture (Interscope, 2000)
• Finding Forrester: Music from the Motion Picture (Legacy, 2000)
• Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (Anti-, 2006)

Albums featured

With Gabriela

• Detrás del sol (Intuition, 1997)
• Viento Rojo (Intuition, 1999)
• El Viaje (Intuition, 2006)

With Joey Baron

• Down Home (Intuition, 1997)
• We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 2000)
• Just Listen (Relative Pitch, 2013)

With Don Byron

• Tuskegee Experiments (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
• Music for Six Musicians (Nonesuch, 1995)
• Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note, 1999)

With Ron Carter

• Orfeu (Somethin' Else, 1999)

With Robin Holcomb

• Robin Holcomb (Elektra/Musician, 1990)
• Rockabye (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
• The Big Time (Nonesuch, 2002)

With Wayne Horvitz

• The President (Dossier, 1987)
• Miracle Mile (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
• Film Music 1998–2001 (Tzadik, 2002)
• Play Robin Holcomb – Todos Santos (Sound Aspects, 1988)

With Marc Johnson

• Bass Desires (ECM, 1985)
• Second Sight (ECM, 1987)
• The Sound of Summer Running (Verve, 1998)

With Charles Lloyd

• I Long to See You (Blue Note, 2016)

With Ron Miles

• Woman's Day (Gramavision, 1997)
• Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002)
• Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird, 2012)
• Circuit Rider (Enja/Yellowbird, 2014)
• I Am A Man (Enja/Yellowbird, 2017)

With Bob Moses

• When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1983)
• Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, 1984)
• The Story of Moses (Gramavision, 1987)

With Carrie Rodriguez

• Seven Angels on a Bicycle (Train Wreck/Back Porch, 2006)
• Love and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus, 2010)
• Lola (Luz, 2016)

With others

• Sam Amidon – Lily-O (Nonesuch, 2014)
• Arild Andersen – A Molde Concert (ECM, 1982)
• Danny Barnes – Dirt on the Angel (Terminus, 2003)
• Ginger Baker – Going Back Home (WEA, 1994)
• Ginger Baker – Falling Off the Roof (WEA, 1997)
• Tim Berne – Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1987)
• David Binney – Out of Airplanes (BeenKnee, 2005)
• Paul Bley – Fragments (ECM, 1986)
• Paul Bley – The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987)
• Stefano Bollani – Joy in Spite of Everything (ECM, 2014) feat. Mark Turner
• Jakob Bro – Balladeering (Loveland, 2009)
• Gavin Bryars – After the Requiem (ECM New Series, 1991)
• Vinicius Cantuaria – Tucuma (Verve/PolyGram, 1999)
• Vinicius Cantuaria – Vinicius (Transparent, 2001)
• Ron Carter – Orfeu (Blue Note, 1999)
• Vic Chestnutt – Ghetto Bells (New West, 2005)
• Shawn Colvin – All Fall Down (Nonesuch, 2012)
• Andrew Cyrille – The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM, 2016)
• Dave Douglas – Strange Liberation (RCA, 2004)
• Kermit Driscoll - Reveille (Nineteen-Eight Records, 2010)
• Earth – The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord, 2008)
• Rinde Ekert – Finding My Way Home (DIW, 1992)
• Renee Fleming – Haunted Heart (Decca, 2005)
• Jan Garbarek – Paths, Prints (ECM, 1982)
• Jan Garbarek – Wayfarer (ECM, 1983)
• Mike Gibbs – Big Music (Venture, 1991)
• Jerry Granelli – A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (Evidence, 1993)
• Jerry Granelli – Dance Hall (Justin Time, 2017)
• Heather Greene – Five Dollar Dress (BHM, 2005)
• Gunter Hampel – Fresh Heat: Live at Sweet Basil (Birth, 1985)
• Billy Hart – Oshumare (Gramavision, 1985)
• Billy Hart – Rah (Gramavision, 1988)
• Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Destiny Street Repaired (Insound, 2009)
• Julius Hemphill – Julius Hemphill Big Band (Elektra/Musician, 1988)
• Joe Henry – Civilians (Anti–, 2007)
• Michel Herr, Bill Frisell, Vinton Johnson, Kermit Driscoll – Good Buddies (EMI Belgium, 1978)
• Hessischen Rundfunks – Atmospheric Conditions Permitting (Radio Recordings 1967–1993) (ECM, 2005)
• Rickie Lee Jones – The Evening of My Best Day (V2, 2003)
• Eyvind Kang – The Story of Iceland (Tzadik, 2000)
• Hans Koller – Cry, Want with Evan Parker a.o. (PSI, 2010)
• Viktor Krauss – Far from Enough (Nonesuch, 2004)
• Viktor Krauss – II (Narada, 2007)
• Arto Lindsay – O Corpo Sutil / The Subtle Body (Rykodisc, 1996)
• Living Daylights – Electric Rosary (Liquid City, 2000)
• Lyle Mays – Lyle Mays (Geffen, 1986)
• Lyle Mays – Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988)
• Mike Metheny – Blue Jay Sessions (Headfirst, 1982)
• Buddy Miller – Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings with Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz (New West, 2010)
• Mount Analog – New Skin (Filmguerro, 2004)
• Mylab – Mylab (Terminus, 2004)
• Jim Pepper – Comin' and Goin' (Europa, 1983)
• Bobby Previte – Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
• Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream (Redwing, 2012)
• Hank Roberts – Black Pastels (JMT, 1987)
• Hank Roberts – Everything Is Alive (Winter & Winter, 2011)
• Herb Robertson – Transparency (JMT, 1985)
• Donald Rubinstein – Time Again (Rhombus, 1997)
• Donald Rubinstein – Knightriders (Perseverance, 2007)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Heartbeat (Virgin, 1991)
• Jenny Scheinman – 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
• John Scofield – Grace Under Pressure (Blue Note, 1992)
• John Scofield – This Meets That (Universal, 2007)
• Douglas September – Ten Bulls (Sampson, 1998)
• Michael Shrieve – Fascination (CMP, 1994)
• Michael Shrieve – Two Doors (CMP, 1995)
• Sam Shrieve – Bittersweet Lullabies (Colorburst Soundfield, 2009), on Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and another track
• Sarah Siskind – Covered (Infrasound Collective, 2002)
• Jonah Smith – Jonah Smith (Relix, 2006)
• Leni Stern – Clairvoyant (Passport, 1985)
• Mike Stern – Play (WEA, 1999)
• David Sylvian – Dead Bees on a Cake (Virgin, 1999), two tracks with Frisell
• David Sylvian – Everything and Nothing (Virgin, 2000), compilation comprising two outtakes from Dead Bees on a Cake with Frisell
• Gianmaria Testa – Da questa parte del mare (Le Chant du Monde, 2006)
• Allen Toussaint – American Tunes (Nonesuch, 2016)
• Laura Veirs – Troubled by the Fire (Bella Union, 2003)
• Caetano Veloso – Estrangeiro (Philips, 1989)
• Jan Erik Vold – Blackdird Bye Bye (Hot Club, 2012)
• Cuong Vu – It's Mostly Residual (Intoxicate, 2005)
• Loudon Wainwright III – Here Come the Choppers (Sovereign, 2005)
• Eberhard Weber – Fluid Rustle (ECM, 1979)
• Eberhard Weber – Later That Evening (ECM, 1982)
• Kenny Wheeler – Angel Song (ECM, 1997)
• Lucinda Williams – West (Anti-, 2007)
• Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20, 2014)
• Stefan F. Winter – The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986)
• Lizz Wright – Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve Forecast, 2005)

References

External links

• Bill Frisell discography on Frisell's website, Songline/Tonfield Productions
• Bill Frisell at AllMusic
• Bill Frisell discography at Discogs
• Bill Frisell discography by Bryan Aaker, active until 2007