"...Anyway, Greg Tardy is a terrific saxophone player. There is a level of interplay between Frisell's overdrive tones and Tardy's sax where they blend so well it's like the melodic lines pass seamlessly between the instruments. Frisell's clean tones often achieve that same effect interacting with the string players (violin, viola, cello) This is not a guitar star record, but the magic is in the interaction of all the instruments making the composition and arrangement and the actual sounds of the instruments one unified thing."

With his "Unspeakable Orchestra", eight piece band (Guitar, bass, drums, +sax/clarinet, trumpet, cello, viola, violin)

Sax player (Greg Tardy) was excellent. We were told that the show was being recorded, so maybe some of it will show up on record sometime next year, which would be cool.

So after the show, we were trying to figure out a capsule summary of the music Frisell played with this group. Obviously it's rooted in jazz, but contains many other elements. There are certain songs where the band sort of plays an ensemble vamp, and each time around a different instrument does some subtle variation on their vamp line. This goes on for some while and sets a stage for one instrument to merge into an extended solo, while the others continue the rotation of more subtle variations. In some ways, it borders on creating a trance-like thing, but places the soloing into a broader context than outright jazz blowing.

So how to describe this to a non-musician? It's impossible to use one word like "jazz" or "electronica". The one word would have to be just "music"