All We Are Saying... is a full-length album by American guitarist and composer Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...

 of John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

 classics done in Frisell's definitive style. The album features violinist Jenny Scheinman, pedal steel and acoustic guitarist Greg Leisz, bassist Tony Scherr, and drummer Kenny Wollesen.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album three stars, stating that "almost none of these 16 tunes are radical reinterpretations of Lennon's songs; most stick close to the original melodies even at their most adventurous." Jurek went on to say that "Across the Universe," with its twinning of Frisell's electric guitar and Leisz's pedal steel as Scheinman's violin picks up the lyric melody and extrapolates its harmonic aspects, is indicative of the recording's M.O., offering a close examination of Lennon the composer. The interplay between the three principals is remarkable, such as on the intro to "Nowhere Man," where Scheinman's ostinato tenses up in advance of the changes, and Leisz grounds her fluidly while Frisell pulls his lower strings to wind up, allowing the track to begin then flow into more open areas without losing sight of the melody.".

Track listing

1. Title	Composer	Time
   1. Across the Universe	Lennon, McCartney	5:53
   2. Revolution	Lennon, McCartney	3:50
   3. Nowhere Man	Lennon, McCartney	5:14
   4. Imagine	Lennon	4:51
   5. Please, Please Me	Lennon, McCartney	2:06
   6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	Lennon, McCartney	5:10
   7. Hold On	Lennon	3:56
   8. In My Life	Lennon	4:05
   9. Come Together	Lennon, McCartney	5:10
   10. Julia	Lennon, McCartney	3:31
   11. Woman	Lennon	4:21
   12. Number 9 Dream	Lennon	3:42
   13. Love	Lennon	2:18
   14. Beautiful Boy	Lennon	3:27
   15. Mother	Lennon	6:52
   16. Give Peace a Chance	Lennon	3:38

   • Recorded at Fantasy Studios
     Fantasy Studios
     Fantasy Studios is a recording studio in Berkeley, California at the Zaentz Media Center, known for its recording of award-winning albums such as Journey's Escape and Green Day's Dookie. Built as a private recording studio for artists on the Fantasy Records label in 1971, it was opened to the...
     
      in Berkeley, CA

Personnel

• Bill Frisell
  Bill Frisell
  William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
  
   – guitars
• Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
  
   – steel guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jenny Scheinman
  Jenny Scheinman
  Jenny Scheinman is an accomplished violinist. Renowned as a jazz violinist, she has credits with artists in many genres. She has collaborated and played with Linda Perry, Norah Jones, Nels Cline, Lou Reed, Ani Difranco, Bruce Cockburn, Aretha Franklin, Lucinda Williams, Bono, and Bill Frisell and...
  
   – violin
• Tony Scherr
  Tony Scherr
  Tony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Scherr was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He played with Woody Herman as a teenager, and moved to New York City in the late-1980s, where he became a prolific session musician, working...
  
   – bass
• Kenny Wollesen
  Kenny Wollesen
  Kenny Wollesen is an American drummer and percussionist.Wollesen lives in New York City. He has recorded and toured with many musicians including Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Steven Bernstein and John Zorn. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a...
  
   - drums
• Lee Townsend
  Lee Townsend
  Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer, curator, artist manager and co-owner of Songline/Tone Field Productions, specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters, bands, contemporary composers, improvising musicians and cross-cultural musical collaborations.-Background and...
  
  - Producer
• Adam Munoz - Recording and Mixing Engineer
• Greg Calbi - Mastering Engineer