November 25, 2019
Bill Frisell has announced new 2020 tour dates with his HARMONY project that features the acclaimed guitarist with Petra Haden (voice), Hank Roberts (cello, voice), and Luke Bergman (acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass, voice). The band’s appearances will include concerts in San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland. Frisell will also perform a special show with Fred Armisen “Comedy for Guitar Players but Everyone is Welcome” at SF Sketchfest on January 25. Visit billfrisell.com for more information.
Bill Frisell – Tour Dates:
Dec. 5 – UCLA Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA **Duo with Julian Lage**
Dec. 6 – UCCS Shockley-Zalabak Theater – Colorado Springs, CO **Duo with Julian Lage**
Dec. 8 – Scottsdale Center of the Performing Arts – Scottsdale, AZ **Duo with Julian Lage**
Jan. 25 – SF Sketchfest – San Francisco, CA **with Fred Armisen**
Bill Frisell HARMONY – 2020 Tour Dates:
Jan. 26 – SF Sketchfest – San Francisco, CA
Feb. 7 – Lawrence University – Appleton, WI
Feb. 26 – Regattabar – Boston, MA
Feb. 27 – Arts Riot – Burlington, VT
Feb. 28 – 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH
Feb. 29 – Ardmore Music Hall – Ardmore, PA
Mar. 1 – Keystone Korner – Baltimore, MD
Mar. 2 – Dakota – Minneapolis, MN
Mar. 3 – Boulder Theatre – Boulder, CO
Mar. 4 – Nelson-Atkins Auditorium – Kansas City, MO
Mar. 5 – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
Mar. 7 – The Shedd – Eugene, OR
Mar. 8 – The Aladdin – Portland, OR
Frisell has also released a new video of HARMONY performing the Lerner/Loewe standard “On The Street Where You Live” live featuring their distinctive 3-part vocal harmonies.
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Frisell’s stunning Blue Note debut HARMONY is now available on vinyl in addition to CD and digital formats. See what the critics are saying:
“The eminent guitarist Bill Frisell improvises in smoky ringlets of melody, drawing the influence of classic jazz guitar into a palette based on early American folk music. He has been a noted bandleader since the 1980s, but has never released an album for Blue Note Records, jazz’s most illustrious label. That will change with ‘HARMONY,’ which finds Frisell playing eight smoldering original compositions and a few covers alongside the vocalist Petra Haden, the cellist Hank Roberts and the guitarist and bassist Luke Bergman.”—New York Times
“Standards like Billy Strayhorn’s ‘Lush Life’ sit peaceably alongside originals and traditional American fare on Bill Frisell’s ‘HARMONY.’ For this sweet gem of an album, his Blue Note debut as a leader, the guitarist brought in two longtime collaborators, vocalist Petra Haden and cellist Hank Roberts. Luke Bergman rounds out the drumless quartet, on acoustic and baritone guitars, bass and vocals. From the wordless harmonizing on the title track to the pop-jazz vibe of the closer, it’s a portrait of tranquillity.”—WBGO
“The emphasis is on the dynamics of the entire ensemble… Frisell is omnipresent throughout with the warm, recognizable tone of his electric guitar shimmering through each track… Every song unhurriedly ambles along, yet consistently reaches its destination—straight to the heart of the listener.”—DownBeat
“Getting your hands on a new Bill Frisell CD is a bit like unboxing a gift from a good friend with great taste. So what do we have here? Something intriguing, as it turns out, yet again… HARMONY is bound to delight many fans who’ve followed the guitarist’s singular and increasingly curious path over the last few decades… an auspicious kickoff to Frisell’s Blue Note years.”—JazzTimes
“One of the most adaptable and prolific musicians alive… Harmony found its tone and direction when Frisell realized that…the three band members’ voices blended in a particularly charming, precise and radiant way… the truly shiny moments come when the three voices, entangled with Frisell’s ever-perceptive guitar, become one rapturous, embraceable sound.”—RELIX
“HARMONY soars above worldly concerns… a soaring, ethereal branch of American music’s evolutionary tree with touchstones in roots music, high art, and experimentalism.”—No Depression
