Bill Frisell Solo: A Concert to Benefit Roulette

Benefit events at Roulette raise funds for our mission, programs, and artists—with huge thanks to this evening’s generous artists and organizers. By buying a ticket, you play a direct role in supporting an ecosystem for extraordinary experimental work. Choose the level that feels right for you: $45 — General Admission $75 — General Admission + $40 donation acknowledgement $100 — General Admission + $70 donation acknowledgement Guitar icon and composer Bill Frisell plays a solo set dedicated to his decades-long connection to Roulette. “Since the early days on West Broadway Roulette has been and continues to be an oasis for me. A place for adventure, inspiration, imagination. A safe place to take chances. A place to connect. I’ve been given so many opportunities there. I’ve heard so much music there. Things that could have only happened there. Seeds were planted long ago that are still growing today while new ones are being planted every day. I’m very thankful.”– Bill Frisell This concert will not be livestreamed. Roulette member benefits do not apply. Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade.” In recent years, Frisell has forged a distinctive and fruitful collaboration with the Blue Note label, releasing HARMONY, Valentine, FOUR, Orchestras and In My Dreams to great acclaim. “Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time, he has also earned a reputation for teasing out thematic connections with his music… There’s a reason that Jazz at Lincoln Center had him program a series called Roots of Americana.” – New York Times Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Bill is the subject of a documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth, as well as an extensive biography by Philip Watson, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed The Sound of American Music. Benefit events at Roulette raise funds for our mission, programs, and artists—with huge thanks to this evening’s generous artists and organizers. By buying a ticket, you play a direct role in supporting an ecosystem for extraordinary experimental work. Choose the level that feels right for you: $45 — General Admission $75 — General Admission + $40 donation acknowledgement $100 — General Admission + $70 donation acknowledgement Guitar icon and composer Bill Frisell plays a solo set dedicated to his decades-long connection to Roulette. “Since the early days on West Broadway Roulette has been and continues to be an oasis for me. A place for adventure, inspiration, imagination. A safe place to take chances. A place to connect. I’ve been given so many opportunities there. I’ve heard so much music there. Things that could have only happened there. Seeds were planted long ago that are still growing today while new ones are being planted every day. I’m very thankful.”– Bill Frisell This concert will not be livestreamed. Roulette member benefits do not apply. Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade.” In recent years, Frisell has forged a distinctive and fruitful collaboration with the Blue Note label, releasing HARMONY, Valentine, FOUR, Orchestras and In My Dreams to great acclaim. “Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time, he has also earned a reputation for teasing out thematic connections with his music… There’s a reason that Jazz at Lincoln Center had him program a series called Roots of Americana.” – New York Times Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Bill is the subject of a documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creati