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Bill Frisell: A Portrait

Sun Oct 8 / 7 pm
Wed, Oct 11 / 7 pm
Sun, Oct 15 / 7 pm
Wed, Oct 18 / 7 pm
Thu, Oct 19 / 9 pm
Directed by Emma Franz
2016, USA, 110 min

An intimate portrait of anti-archetype guitar hero Bill Frisell featuring live music, stories and rare insight into the shaping of one of the most significant musicians in recent decades. Featuring a variety of collaborators including John Zorn, Jack De Johnette, Jim Hall, Paul Simon, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Allen Toussaint, Brian Eno, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, and Lou Reed. A unique and masterful musician, a prolific composer and band leader, a Grammy award winner and the Downbeat Guitarist of the Year for ten consecutive years.

Generously sponsored by the TD International Winnipeg Jazz Festival

Reviews

Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers their instruments simply become different animals.
- The New Yorker
It’s one of the most compelling, entertaining and informative films made about a living music legend who still has plenty left to say.
- John Kelman, All About Jazz
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