''This Land'' is the fifth album by

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell 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 ...

to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1994 and features performances by Frisell, alto saxophonist Billy Drewes, trombonist

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, clarinetist

Don Byron Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer. Biography His mother w ...

, bassist

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and drummer

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.Nonesuch Records album info
accessed 12 September 2008.

Reception

The

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review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The guitarist's now familiar penchant for constructing climactic opuses framed upon his deft utilization of volume control and often-slithery mode of attack counterbalances the horn sections' pumping notes and harmonious choruses. Essentially, melody is the key throughout these pleasantly arranged pieces, as Frisell makes his axe talk and cry while also partaking in lustrous unison lines with Don Byron (clarinet), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), and Billy Drewes (alto sax). Overall, This Land signifies yet another powerful statement by this wonderfully inventive musician. Recommended!".Astarita, G.
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Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated. # "Is it Sweet?" – 5:05 # "Strange Meeting" – 6:18 # "Jimmy Carter" (Part 1) – 2:03 # "Jimmy Carter" (Part 2) – 5:22 # "This Land" – 3:15 # "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:17 # "Amarillo Barbados" – 4:13 # "Monica Jane" – 4:59 # "Resistor" – 6:56 # "Julius Hemphill" – 9:53 # "Unscientific Americans" – 0:46 # "Cartoon" – 6:22 # "Rag" – 4:18 # "Tag" (Frisell,

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) – 1:45

Personnel

– guitar *

– clarinet and bass clarinet * Billy Drewes – alto saxophone *

– trombone *

– electric and acoustic basses *

– drums

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Bill Frisell albums Nonesuch Records albums