Bill Frisell Announces New Trio Album Valentine Featuring Bassist Thomas Morgan & Drummer Rudy Royston To Be Released August 14 On Blue Note Records

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Bill Frisell Announces New Trio Album Valentine Featuring Bassist Thomas Morgan & Drummer Rudy Royston To Be Released August 14 On Blue Note Records
Artist: 
Bill Frisell
Place: 
Brussels
Date: 
Thursday, 9. July 2020
Acclaimed guitarist Bill Frisell has announced his newest project Valentine — the debut recording of his trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston — which will be released August 14 on Blue Note Records. Frisell has also released the album’s closing track “We Shall Overcome,” the Civil Rights anthem that he holds dear as a message of hope in all dark times. “I've been playing the song for years, and I'm going to keep playing it till there is no need anymore,” says Frisell. “I can't help but hope that day will come.”
 
Produced by his longtime collaborator Lee Townsend and recorded by Tucker Martine at Flora Recording in Portland, Oregon, Valentine is a wide-ranging 13-song set that mixes Frisell originals new and old, jazz standards, traditional songs, and covers. The album explores the creative freedom of the trio format and the profound relationship that exists between these three musicians after years of touring.
The track listing is as follows:
 
1. Baba Drame (Boubacar Traore)
2. Hour Glass (Bill Frisell) 
3. Valentine (Frisell)
4. Levees (Frisell)
5. Winter Always Turns To Spring (Frisell)
6. Keep Your Eyes Open (Frisell)
7. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Billy Strayhorn)
8. Electricity (Frisell)
9. Wagon Wheels (Billy Hill/Peter DeRose)
10. Aunt Mary (Frisell)
11. What The World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach/Hal David)
12. Where Do We Go? (Frisell)
13. We Shall Overcome (Traditional)