Disfarmer is the 21st album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Nonesuch Records label.[ Bill Frisell discography accessed August 2, 2011] It features music written to accompany a retrospective of photographs taken by Mike Disfarmer.
Reception
The
Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "the players are all excellent, but nobody here, not even Frisell, shines. Still, it is a pleasant recording to listen to if not hang on to. It floats and hovers about the room as a peaceful backdrop.
Disfarmer is to be taken as a soundtrack rather than as a Frisell album proper, and listened to as a series of sketches rather than as a fully assembled statement from the artist".
[Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.]
Track listing
All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.
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"Disfarmer Theme" – 5:37
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"Lonely Man" – 1:15
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"Lost, Night" – 1:50
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"Farmer" – 1:03
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"Focus" – 2:26
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"Peter Miller's Discovery" – 4:43
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"That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 3:10
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"Little Girl" – 3:42
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"Little Boy" – 1:16
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"No One Gets In" – 2:47
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"Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 2:48
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"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams" 3:50
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"Shutter, Dream" (Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman) – 4:26
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"Exposed" – 2:12
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"The Wizard" – 1:52
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"Think" – 4:37
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"Drink" – 4:29
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"Play" – 1:32
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"I Am Not a Farmer" – 3:36
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"Small Town" – 1:00
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"Arkansas Part 1" – 1:53
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"Arkansas Part 2" – 2:19
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"Arkansas Part 3" – 1:54
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"Lost Again, Dark" – 2:06
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"Natural Light" – 2:59
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"Did You See Him?" – 2:06
Personnel
