Before the start of Sunday's NBA playoff game, guitarist Carlos Santana and his wife and (jazz) drummer, Cindy Blackman provided a creative rendition of the national anthem--our nation's official song interpreted by guitar and drums, a very interesting and sparse pairing.
It is not everyday that you get to hear new music featuring a full big band playing shoulder to shoulder with a living guitar legend. Such is the case with the latest release on Cuneiform Records, "Michael Gibbs & the NDR Big Band: Play a Bill Frisell Set List" [ iTunes | Amazon | Cuneiform ] featuring guitarist Bill Frisell recorded live at the Uberjazz Festival with the NDR Bigband on October 26, 2013. This is not big band in the traditional sense where the guitar is simply another layer, another texture, another rhythmic voice in the greater mix. No, not here, I am happy to say.
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Opening (Excerpt From Firebird Suite) / Siberian Khatru (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York November 20, 1972) | Yes | Progeny: Highlights From Seventy-Two (Live) |
| Petits Machins (Little Stuff) | Miles Davis | Filles De Kilimanjaro |
| Foot Path To Oasis | Larry Coryell | Heavy Feel |
| Watershed | Mark Hollis | Mark Hollis |
| We Are All Alone | Lyle Mays | Solo (Improvisations for Expanded Piano) |
| After the Rain | Bill Frisell | The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers |
| On The Lookout/Far Away | Michael Gibbs & The NDR Bigband (feat. Bill Frisell) | Play a Bill Frisell Set List |
| A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E | John Hollenbeck | The Claudia Quintet |
| Nightclub | Billy Collins | The Best Cigarette |
| Underground Movement | John Surman - Jack DeJohnette | Invisible Nature |
| Leroy and Lanisha | Kamasi Washington | The Epic, Vol.2: The Glorious Tale |
| Santa Maria | Aaron Diehl | Space, Time, Continuum |
Before the start of Sunday's NBA playoff game, guitarist Carlos Santana and his wife and (jazz) drummer, Cindy Blackman provided a creative rendition of the national anthem--our nation's official song interpreted by guitar and drums, a very interesting and sparse pairing.
