The exciting
Bill Frisell Quintet featuring Ron Miles, Tony Scherr, Greg Tardy & Kenny Wollesen
will travel from Berkeley at Cal Performances on Jan 22nd
to Los Angeles for a night at the Jazz Bakery on Jan 23rd,
to New York at Zankel Hall on Jan 29th, and
to Minneapolis at The Dakota Bar & Grill on Jan 31st through Feb 2nd.
 BIll Frisell, photo by Michael WIlson "When I was 16, I was listening to a lot of surfing music, a
lot of English rock. Then I saw Wes Montgomery and somehow that kind of
turned me around. Later, Jim Hall made a big impression on me and I
took some lessons with him. I suppose I play the kind of harmonic
things Jim would play but with a sound that comes from Jimi Hendrix",
Frisell told Wire. Bill also lists Paul Motian, Thelonious Monk, Aaron
Copland, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and his teacher, Dale Bruning, as
musical influences.
 Greg Tardy, photo by Don Berryman
Kenny Wollesen grew up in Santa Cruz, California,
moved to San Francisco early in his career and has since lived and
worked in New York City. He has performed regularly with Bill Frisell
as a member of his trios, the New Quartet and his septet with which he
appeared on the album Blues Dream. He has played with John Zorn, Marc
Ribot, John Medeski, Tom Waits, John Scofield, Jesse Harris and the
Ferdinandos, Sean Lennon, Mitchell Froom, Big John Patton, John Lurie,
Jim Hall, Jessica Williams and Myra Melford. In addition to his live
performances with Frisell, he currently tours with trumpeter Steven
Bernstein's group Sex Mob, and occasionally with Zorn's Electric
Masada. He also leads his own band, The Wollesens.
Bassist Tony Scherr was born in New Haven,
Connecticut and is self taught. He is best known as a bass player (both
acoustic and electric), but he also plays slide and electric guitar.
Tony has lived in New York for many years. He stays busy recording and
touring in many bands including Sex Mob, Jesse Harris and the
Ferdinandos, Joey Baron's Killer Joey and The Maria Schneider
Orchestra. In addition, Tony has played with John Scofield, John Lurie
and The Lounge Lizards, Dakota Staton, Woody Herman, Chris Brown and
Kate Fenner, Slowpoke, Al Grey, Jon Faddis, The Village Vanguard
Orchestra, Sophie B. Hawkins, Junior Cook, Brad Shepik & the
Commuters, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Stanley Turrentine, Steve Kuhn and
Tricky. Tony also writes and sings his own songs accompanying himself
on guitar. This material can be heard on his self-produced CD entitled,
Come Around. Tony has contributed to film scores by John Lurie, Evan
Lurie, Howard Shore and with members of Sonic Youth.
 ROn Miles, Photo by Andrea Canter
- Bill Frisell Quintet featuring Ron Miles, Tony Scherr, Greg Tardy & Kenny Wollesen
- 1/22/06 : Berkeley, CA @ Cal Performances
- 1/23/06 : Los Angeles, CA @ Jazz Bakery
- 1/29/06 : New York, NY @ Zankel Hall
- 1/31/06 - 2/2/06 : Minneapolis, MN @ The Dakota Bar & Grill
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008
