This relatively early set from Bill Frisell is a fine showcase for the utterly unique guitarist. Frisell has the ability to play nearly any extroverted style of music and his humor (check out the date's "Music I Heard") is rarely far below the surface. This particular quintet (with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, tuba player Bob Stewart, electric bassist Jerome Harris and drummer Paul Motian) is not exactly short of original personalities and their outing (featuring seven Frisell compositions) is one of the most lively of all the ones in the ECM catalog. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. Tone
2. Music I Heard
3. Rambler
4. When We Go
5. Resistor
6. Strange Meeting
7. Wizard Of Odds
BILL FRISELL guitar, guitar synthesizer
PAUL MOTIAN drums
JEROME HARRIS electric bass
KENNY WHEELER trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
BOB STEWART tuba
All music composed by Bill Frisell
ECM Records – ECM 1287 (Germany)