The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell: Album Release Show
About This Event
The Westerlies join guitarist Bill Frisell for an album-release concert at Roulette. Frisell’s genre-blurring repertoire — spanning jazz, folk, country and rock — meets the quartet’s two trumpets and two trombones, a sound drawn from jazz, contemporary classical and folk that often employs nontraditional sonorities.
About Album Release Show
At Roulette, The Westerlies join guitarist Bill Frisell for an album-release set that places his open-ended song forms beside the quartet’s two-trumpet, two-trombone sound. Frisell’s writing moves easily between jazz, folk, country, and rock, while The Westerlies draw on contemporary classical and improvised traditions, often using extended techniques and restrained textures. In a city where genre borders rarely hold, this collaboration reads as a small history of American vernacular music told through brass and guitar. The result suggests intimacy at chamber scale without losing improvisational risk.
About the Artists
The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell
The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell is a project pairing brass quartet The Westerlies with guitarist and composer Bill Frisell. Built around an album-release program, the group brings Frisell’s cross-genre writing into dialogue with a front line of two trumpets and two trombones, shaped by jazz, contemporary classical, and folk practice.
The Westerlies
The Westerlies is an American brass quartet built around two trumpets and two trombones, with a sound shaped by contemporary classical practice alongside jazz and folk traditions. In New York City, they have appeared at Roulette, including an album-release concert with guitarist Bill Frisell.
Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell, a master of the jazz guitar, has captivated audiences for decades with his innovative blend of jazz, folk, country, and rock ‘n’ roll. A key figure in New York City's vibrant music scene, Frisell has left his mark at venues like Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he will soon celebrate his 75th birthday with a special series of performances in the Appel Room.