This Land is the fifth album by 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...

 to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch

Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...

 label. It was released in 1994 and features performances by Frisell, Billy Drewes, Curtis Fowlkes

Curtis Fowlkes

Curtis Fowlkes is an American jazz trombonist. In 1987 he founded, together with saxophonist Roy Nathanson, The Jazz Passengers, an eclectic group dedicated to putting entertainment and humor back into jazz. The two had met performing in John Lurie's The Lounge Lizards, a group that shares a...

, Kermit Driscoll

Kermit Driscoll

Kermit Driscoll is a New York City jazz bassist perhaps best known for his long association with guitarist Bill Frisell. He was born in Kearney, Nebraska....

 and Joey Baron

Joey Baron

Joey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...

.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4 stars stating "The guitarist's now familiar penchant for constructing climactic opuses framed upon his deft utilization of volume control and often-slithery mode of attack counterbalances the horn sections' pumping notes and harmonious choruses. Essentially, melody is the key throughout these pleasantly arranged pieces, as Frisell makes his axe talk and cry while also partaking in lustrous unison lines with Don Byron (clarinet), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), and Billy Drewes (alto sax). Overall, This Land signifies yet another powerful statement by this wonderfully inventive musician. Recommended!".

Track listing

1. "Is it Sweet?" - 5:05
2. "Strange Meeting" - 6:18
3. "Jimmy Carter" (Part 1) - 2:03
4. "Jimmy Carter" (Part 2) - 5:22
5. "This Land" - 3:15
6. "Dog Eat Dog" - 4:17
7. "Amarillo Barbados" - 4:13
8. "Monica Jane" - 4:59
9. "Resistor" - 6:56
10. "Julius Hemphill" - 9:53
11. "Unscientific Americans" - 0:46
12. "Cartoon" - 6:22
13. "Rag" - 4:18
14. "Tag" (Frisell, Baron
    Joey Baron
    Joey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
    
    ) - 1:45

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated

• Recorded October 1992 at Mastersound Astoria, New York.

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...
  
   - guitar
• Don Byron
  Don Byron
  Don Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet, but has also used bass clarinet and saxophones....
  
   - clarinet and bass clarinet
• Billy Drewes - alto saxophone
• Curtis Fowlkes
  Curtis Fowlkes
  Curtis Fowlkes is an American jazz trombonist. In 1987 he founded, together with saxophonist Roy Nathanson, The Jazz Passengers, an eclectic group dedicated to putting entertainment and humor back into jazz. The two had met performing in John Lurie's The Lounge Lizards, a group that shares a...
  
   - trombone
• Kermit Driscoll
  Kermit Driscoll
  Kermit Driscoll is a New York City jazz bassist perhaps best known for his long association with guitarist Bill Frisell. He was born in Kearney, Nebraska....
  
   - electric and acoustic basses
• Joey Baron
  Joey Baron
  Joey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
  
  - drums