Bill Frisell: A Portrait

SXSW Grand Jury Award-nominated documentary on heavyweight jazz guitarist Bill Frisell from Australian filmmaker Emma Franz.

A character portrait of musicians' musician and anti-archetypal guitar hero, Bill Frisell. This film traces the development of Frisell's music and provides rare insight into the shaping of one of the significant musicians of recent decades. Full of live music and following various projects from development to fruition, this film features a variety of collaborators, including Paul Motian, Jim Hall, Hal Willner, Joey Baron, Jason Moran, Nels Cline, Mike Gibbs, Jack DeJohnette, John Zorn, John Abercrombie, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Jim Woodring, Greg Cohen, Tony Scherr and others.

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