Sunday Music Muse Day - Bill Frisell , Paul Motian Trio with Bill Frisell

This Sunday Music muse Day finds us enduring the flip-flop nature of Upstate New York weather.  Last week we have 73º, and this week more snow.  The cold keeps me inside to enjoy more music. This week is a double dose of Bill Frisell showing his eclectic range as a leader, and sideman.  First up, Bill Frisell Have a Little Faith, this 1992 release shows why I, and others,  think of his music as "Jazz Americana".  This CD's tunes selection shows that perfectly with works of Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, John Philip Sousa, Stephen Foster, plus Bob Dylan, and McKinley Morganfield (aka bluesman Muddy Waters). He even throws in a Madonna tune "Live to Tell" into the mix.

My second selection is Paul Motian Trio Trioism, with Bill Frisell joining  Motian on drums, Joe Lovano and Dewey Redman saxophones.  The music here is much more avant garde, not really casual listening, but if you in the mood for more jazz edge, give it a try.

Besides the snow, we have to adjust to Daylight Saving Time starting today. We enjoy the longer daylight, but pay for it trying to get up for work tomorrow morning.