- Before We Were Born
Infobox Album |
Name = Before We Were Born
Type =Album
Artist =Bill Frisell
Released = 1989
Recorded = August-September, 1988
Genre =Avant-garde jazz Downtown music
Length = 49:33
Label = Elektra Nonesuch
Producer =Lee Townsend
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfuxqugldte link]
Last album = "Lookout for Hope "(1988)
This album = "Before We Were Born"(1989)
Next album = "Is That You? "(1990)"Before We Were Born" is the first album by
Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1989 and features performances by Frisell,Hank Roberts ,Kermit Driscoll , andJoey Baron with guest appearances byArto Lindsay ,Peter Scherer ,Julius Hemphill ,Billy Drewes ,Doug Wieselman , andCyro Baptista . [ [http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/before-we-were-born Nonesuch Records album info] accessed 12 September, 2008] ]Track listing
# "Before We Were Born/Some Song and Dance" - 6:51
# "Freddy's Step" - 3:06
# "Love Motel" - 6:49
# "Pipsqueak" - 5:28
# "Goodbye" - 1:43
# "Hard Plains Drifter" - 13:24
# "The Lone Ranger" - 7:34
# "Steady Girl" - 2:10:"All compositions by Bill Frisell"
Personnel
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Bill Frisell : electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
*Hank Roberts : cello
*Kermit Driscoll : bass
*Joey Baron : drums, percussion, electronics
*Arto Lindsay : electric guitar and vocals
*Peter Scherer : keyboards and drum programming
*Julius Hemphill : alto saxophone
*Billy Drewes : alto saxophone
*Doug Wieselman : baritone saxophone
*Cyro Baptista : shakerReferences
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