Have a Little Faith (Bill Frisell album)

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Have a Little Faith
Studio album by
Bill Frisell
Released1992
RecordedMarch 1992
StudioRPM Studios NYC
GenreDowntown music, Americana
Length60:46
LabelElektra Nonesuch
ProducerWayne Horvitz
Bill Frisell chronology
Where in the World?
(1991) 		Have a Little Faith
(1992) 		This Land
(1993)

Have a Little Faith is a 1992 album by American guitarist Bill Frisell, his seventh album overall and fourth for Elektra Nonesuch. Musicians include Frisell, clarinetist Don Byron, bassist Kermit Driscoll, accordion player Guy Klucevsek and drummer Joey Baron. The album covers a range of American classical and popular music.[1] The album was widely acclaimed as one of Frisell's best and as an outstanding jazz albums of the 1990s.

Reception[edit]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album for its "Core Collection" calling it a "marvelous examination of Americana'".[2]

An AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars out of 5, stating, "This is one of the most inventive recordings of the 1990s and should delight most listeners from any genre".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
AllMusic[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Open Prairie": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 3:11
  2. "Street Scene in a Frontier Town": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 1:45
  3. "Mexican Dance and Finale": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 3:44
  4. "Prairie Night (Card Game at Night)/Gun Battle": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 5:02
  5. "Celebration After Billy's Capture": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 2:17
  6. "Billy in Prison": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 1:33
  7. "The Open Prairie Again": from Billy the Kid (Copland) – 2:34
  8. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 1 (Ives) – 0:41
  9. "Just Like a Woman" (Dylan) – 4:49
  10. "I Can't Be Satisfied" (Morganfield) (3:00)
  11. "Live to Tell" (Leonard, Madonna) – 10:10
  12. "The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common": Excerpt 2 (Ives) – 3:05
  13. "No Moe" (Rollins) – 2:37
  14. "Washington Post March" (Sousa) – 2:05
  15. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) – 3:26
  16. "Little Jenny Dow" (Foster) – 3:30
  17. "Have a Little Faith in Me" (Hiatt) – 5:39
  18. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 1:38

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nonesuch Records album info accessed 12 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "Bill Frisell". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 464. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 15, 2011
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