{"product_id":"bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer","title":"Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes \u0026amp; Dennis Cahill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America’s true living cultural treasures.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN ZORN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Outlines the subject’s life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range of artists and admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Gus Van Sant and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, all of whom feature in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vital addition to any music lover’s book collection, \u003ci\u003eBill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer \u003c\/i\u003etells the legendary guitarist’s story for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there’s an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eBill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive biography.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBILL MILKOWSKI, \u003ci\u003eDOWNBEAT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail. Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous prose.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePERSPECTIVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[Watson''s] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell’s playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57571114549630,"sku":"NW9780571361694","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571361694.jpg?v=1781779328","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bill-frisell-beautiful-dreamer","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}