The most famous brill building songwriting teams were gerry goffincarole king, jerry leibermark stoller, barry mancynthia weil, and doc. That same year, the brill building, book two, with guitarist bill frisell, arrived on tzadik. Kramer the brill building, book two, featuring bill frisell. The brill building, book two cd kramer brill building cd kramer let me explain something to you about art cd kramer the guilt trip boxset lp kramer label releases. Dec 22, 2017 kramer needles and pins brill buildings book two. Bill frisell the brill building book two tzadic cant get used to losing you pomus shuman kramer feat.
The brill building, book two, featuring bill frisell label. Kramer the brill building book two featuring bill frisell sku tz 4020 after what seems like a very, very long layoff musically, its great to see the uniquely eccentric music force of kramer back again. Kramer the brill building, book two, featuring bill frisell 2017. The brill building, book two music cd king county library. The album features backup musicians including drummer damon krukowski of galaxie 500 and. Kramer, bill frisell the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell music. Kramer, bill frisell the brill building, book two cd. Kramer the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell. Kramer the brill building, book two featuring bill.
Everything else everyones favorite guitarist and american song aficionado bill frisell joins forces with producerarranger kramer for a brilliant and soulful exploration of the classic songwriting teams that were born and flourished in the legendary brill building. As a listener, however, the brill building, book two s most significant achievement might well be the fresh perspective it provides of the artist at the center of it. Dec 15, 2017 check out the brill building, book two feat. Description everyones favorite guitarist and american song aficionado bill frisell joins forces with producerarranger kramer for a brilliant and soulful exploration of the legendary song writing teams that were born and flourished in the legendary brill building at 1619 broadway in new york city. The brill building, book two featuring bill frisell kramer. Steve huey best known as the inhouse producer and proprietor of the shimmy disc label, kramer first name mark has also had an extensive career as a musician, mostly with other bands or collaborators, but occasionally solo as well. Kramer timeline featuring albums and other highlights from.
Everyones favorite guitarist and american song aficionado bill frisell joins forces with producerarranger kramer for a brilliant and soulful exploration of the classic songwriting teams that were born and flourished. As with volume 1, kramer takes lots of liberties with sonic textures and genremixing, but he doesnt fundamentally alter the tunes themselves, in terms of lyrics, chord harmony, or vocal melodies. Imwan 20171215 kramer featuring bill frisell the brill. It was covered by sidewinders, tom bartsch, smokestack lightnin. Kramers idiosyncratic production values high light frisells distinctive guitar work, making this second installment a rare and vital gem in the great american songbook. Kramer, bill frisell the brill building, book two featuring bill. Music for the films of buster keaton the high sign one week. Guitarist bill frisell joins forces with producerarranger kramer for an exploration of the legendary song writing teams that were developed in the legendary brill building at 1619 broadway in new york city, where songwriters like paul simon, burt bacharach. Columbia my little red book bacharach david kramer feat. Bill frisell the brill building book two tzadic crying in the rain.
Kramer the brill building, book two, featuring bill frisell full. Picking up where 2012s the brill building, book one left off, this collection includes imaginative and creative arrangements of songs by paul simon, burt bacharach, neil diamond, doc pomus, al kooper, carole king and more. Again the album offers ten selected cuts from the golden age of assembly line pop, but this time the songs are much more accessible mainly due to frisells brilliant and distinctive. Albums include the guilt trip, virus 100, and great jewish music. Kramer the brill building, book two, featuring bill. Brill building sound cassette tape box set 22775502541 ebay. The brill building, book two cd kramer, bill frisell currently unavailable.
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As with volume 1, kramer takes lots of liberties with sonic textures and genremixing, but he doesnt fundamentally alter the tunes themselves. By throwing open the door, in the way he has, to this parade of classics, a bright thrill of light comes slanting in that gives illuminating contour to the long arc of kramer. Kramer reinvents paul simons america, the monkees porpoise song, neil diamonds solitary man, the everly brothers crying in the rain, and more. Kramer and frisell put their heads together and the results. Kramer featuring bill frisell released it on the album the brill building book two in 2017. The brill building, book two by kramer album, psychedelic. Psychedelic rock, experimental rock, psychedelic pop. For the brill building, book two kramer is joined by guitarist and american songbook specialist bill frisell and the result is a completely different one.
Mar 12, 20 this album isnt the only time kramer has visited the brill building, having covered goffinkings latterday gem the porpoise song in an outtake from bongwaters double bummer, the same record. Beatles complete rooftop concert cddvd combo get back. The brill building is the sixth solo album by american composer and producer kramer, released on. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Psi, 2010 kramer the brill building, book two tzadik, 2017 viktor krauss far from enough nonesuch, all i want for christmas is you 10,796 words view diff exact match in snippet view article find links to article.
Kramer the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell, compact disc, cd, 2018. Built in 1931 the brill building is located at 1619 broadway on 49th. Theres a lengthy wikipedia article on him for the uninitiated, and i. Cover versions of solitary man by kramer featuring bill. Spirits shimmy and shudder throughout the brill building, book two, the hep and haunted second volume of psychedelicized cover versions of vintage american pop by the mononymic producer and one. A second kramer release on tzadik, the greenberg variations, arrived in 2003. Kramer, bill frisell the brill building, book two featuring. Kramer might not be for everybody, but if you like what he does, this is a brilliant example of it. Kramer, bill frisell, tzadik, the brill building and the beauty of pop. Bill frisell the brill building, book two tzadik, 2017. Kramer the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell, compact disc. Kramer timeline featuring albums and other highlights.
This article presents the complete oeuvre of american musician, composer and record producer kramer, including his work as a band member and collaborating artist. The brill building is the sixth solo album by american composer and producer kramer, released on september 25, 2012 by tzadik records. I was a fan of kramer s first volume of brill building tunes, and i was a fan of frisell, so i was not surprised at all by whats on the record. The brill building, book two featuring bill frisell. Kramer, bill frisell the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell amazon. As with volume 1, kramer takes lots of liberties with sonic textures and genremixing, but he doesnt fundamentally. Kramer has conjured what just might be his greatest cd ever a brilliant tribute to the jewish composers who made the legendary brill building in times square one of the centers of. Mar 18, 2018 the brill building tzadic my little red book bacharach david mel torme right now.
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Neil diamond, doc pomus, al kooper, carole king and more. He returned to the label for 2012s the brill building, a collection of covers of songs written by brill building greats including carole king, burt bacharach, and neil diamond given kramers distinctive approach. He returned to the label for 2012s the brill building, a collection of covers of songs written by brill building greats including carole king, burt bacharach, and neil diamond given kramer s distinctive approach. Apr 29, 2018 the brill building, book two, featuring bill frisell.
It was the congregating place for music publishers, song writers, promo men and hustlers and its. Songs from the pink death is the fourth studio album by composer and producer kramer, released on february 17, 1998, by shimmy disc and knitting factory records. Buy the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell online at low price in india on. Kramer the brill building book two featuring bill frisell. Seven years in the making, kramer has conjured what just might be his greatest cd ever a brilliant tribute to the jewish composers who made the legendary brill building in times square one of the centers of popular music songwriting for decades. For over 35 years, we have been dealing in avant, experimental, offbeat, progressive and rehearsal intensive rock, jazz, and contemporary music as well as many other undefinable musics from across the globe. The arranger kramer wrote some radically fresh takes on such. Buy the brill building, book two featuring bill frisell. I was a fan of kramers first volume of brill building tunes, and i was a fan of frisell, so i was not surprised at all by whats on the record. Solitary man by kramer featuring bill frisell was written by neil diamond and was first released by neil diamond in 1966.
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