Bill Frisell
Composer, Actor
March 18, 1951 (75 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2023 | Even Hell Has Its Heroes · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Music for Black Pigeons · as Self |
| 2022 | Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes · as Self |
| 2021 | Festpocalypse! · as Self |
| 2020 | Motian in Motion · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2018 | Carmine Street Guitars · as Self |
| 2017 | Bill Frisell: A Portrait · as Himself |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self - Guest Musician |
| 2010 | Bill Frisell - Solos - The Jazz Sessions · as Himself |
| 2009 | Weightless: A Recording Session with Jakob Bro · as Bill Frisell |
| 2002 |
| 2020 | |
| 2018 | Change in the Air · as ComposerOn Plex |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Doppelgänger Paul · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Disfarmer: A Portrait of America · as Composer |
| 2010 | |
| 2007 | All Hat · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 2005 | Almost Heaven · as Composer |
| 1999 | American Hollow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Tales from the Far Side II · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 |
| 2022 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Icons Among Us · as Cast |