Bill Frisell discography

This discography features albums released by guitarist Bill Frisell, bands that he was/is a member of, and albums to which he has made a significant contribution. Labels and dates indicate first release. For a more comprehensive discography refer to the Bill Frisell Discography by Bryan Aaker.

Albums

Compilations

• Works (ECM, 1990)
• A-Collection (WEA, 2000)
• Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bill Frisell (ECM, 2002)

Collaborations

• Theoretically with Tim Berne (Empire, 1984)
• Smash & Scatteration with Vernon Reid (Ryko, 1985)
• Strange Meeting by Power Tools - Bill Frisell, Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson (Antilles, 1987)
• Just So Happens with Gary Peacock (Postcards, 1994)
• American Blood/Safety in Numbers with Victor Bruce Godsey and Brian Ales (Intuition, 1995)
• Deep Dead Blue with Elvis Costello (Nonesuch, 1995)
• Motion Pictures with Michael White (Intuition, 1997)
• Songs We Know with Fred Hersch (Nonesuch, 1998)
• The Sweetest Punch with Elvis Costello (Polygram, 1999)
• Reunion with Dale Bruning (Jazz Link Enterprises, 2001)
• Petra Haden and Bill Frisell with Petra Haden (True North, 2003)
• The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers with Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams, 2006)

with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano

• Paul Motian Quintet - Psalm with Ed Schuller and Billy Drewes (ECM, 1982)
• Paul Motian - The Story of Maryam with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1984)
• Paul Motian Quintet - Jack of Clubs with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1985)
• Paul Motian Trio - It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
• Paul Motian Quintet - Misterioso with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1987)
• Paul Motian - Monk in Motian with Geri Allen and Dewey Redman (JMT, 1988)
• Paul Motian - On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
• Paul Motian Trio - One Time Out (Soul Note, 1989)
• Paul Motian - Bill Evans with Marc Johnson (JMT, 1990)
• Paul Motian - On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1990)
• Paul Motian - On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1992)
• Paul Motian Trio - Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1992)
• Paul Motian Trio - Trioism (JMT, 1994)
• Paul Motian Trio - At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1996)
• Paul Motian Trio - Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1998)
• Paul Motian Trio - I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2005)
• Paul Motian - Time and Time Again (ECM, 2007)

with John Zorn

• John Zorn - The Big Gundown (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1986)
• John Zorn - Cobra (HatHut, 1987)
• John Zorn - Spillane (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1987)
• John Zorn - News for Lulu (HatHut, 1988)
• John Zorn - Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
• John Zorn - More News for Lulu (HatHut, 1990)
• John Zorn - Filmworks 1986-1990 (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
• John Zorn - New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik, 1997)
• John Zorn - Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
• John Zorn - Godard/Spillane (Tzadik, 1999)
• John Zorn - Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003)

with Naked City

• Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch, 1989)
• Torture Garden (Shimmy Disc, 1990)
• Grand Guignol (Avant, 1992)
• Leng Tch'e (Toys Factory, 1992)
• Heretic (Avant, 1992)
• Radio (Avant, 1993)
• Absinthe (Avant, 1993)
• Black Box (Tzadik, 1996, collects Torture Garden & Leng Tch'e albums) 2xCD
• Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (Tzadik, 2002)
• Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings (Tzadik, 2005)

Albums featured

• Eberhard Weber - Fluid Rustle (ECM, 1979)
• Arild Andersen - A Molde Concert (ECM, 1982)
• Jan Garbarek - Paths, Prints (ECM, 1982)
• Eberhard Weber - Later That Evening (ECM, 1982)
• Mike Metheny - Blue Jay Sessions (Headfirst, 1982)
• Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1983)
• Jan Garbarek - Wayfarer (ECM, 1983)
• Bob Moses - Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, 1984)
• Gunter Hampel - Fresh Heat: Live at Sweet Basil (Birth, 1985)
• Billy Hart - Oshumare (Gramavision, 1985)
• Herb Robertson - Transparency (JMT, 1985)
• Marc Johnson - Bass Desires (ECM, 1985)
• Leni Stern - Clairvoyant (Passport, 1985)
• Paul Bley Quartet - Fragments (ECM, 1986)
• Stefan F. Winter - The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986)
• Marc Johnson's Bass Desires - Second Sight (ECM, 1987)
• Paul Bley Quartet - The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987)
• Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather (Island, 1987)
• Wayne Horvitz - The President (Dossier, 1987)
• Hank Roberts - Black Pastels (JMT, 1987)
• Tim Berne - Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1987)
• Various Artists - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M, 1988)
• Billy Hart - Rah (Gramavision, 1988)
• Julius Hemphill - Big Band (Elektra Musician, 1988)
• Lyle Mays - Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988)
• Bobby Previte - Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
• Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble - Worlds (Label Bleu, 1989)
• Gavin Friday and the Man Seezer - Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves (Island, 1989)
• Allen Ginsberg - Lion for Real (Great Jones, 1989)
• Robin Holcomb - Robin Holcomb (Electra Musician, 1990)
• Mike Gibbs - Big Music (Venture, 1991)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto - Heartbeat (Virgin, 1991)
• David Sanborn - Another Hand (Elektra Musician, 1991)
• Hal Willner - Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus (Columbia, 1992)
• Rinde Ekert - Finding My Way Home (DIW, 1992)
• Robin Holcomb - Rockabye (Elektra Musician, 1992)
• Wayne Horvitz - Miracle Mile (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
• Don Byron - Tuskagee Experiments (Elektra Musician, 1992)
• John Scofield - Grace Under Pressure (Blue Note, 1992)
• Jerry Granelli - A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (Evidence, 1993)
• Ginger Baker - Going Back Home (WEA, 1994)
• Michael Shrieve - Fascination (CMP, 1994)
• William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch (Warner, 1995)
• Don Byron - Music for Six Musicians (Nonesuch, 1995)
• Michael Shrieve - Two Doors (CMP, 1995)
• Ginger Baker - Falling Off the Roof (WEA, 1997)
• Kenny Wheeler - Angel Song (ECM, 1997)
• Joey Baron - Down Home (Intuition, 1997)
• Ron Miles - Womans Day (Gramavision, 1997)
• Gabriela - Detras del Sol (Intuition, 1997)
• Donald Rubenstein - Time Again (Rhombus, 1997)
• Emil Viklicky - Door & Window (Panton, 1997)
• Marc Johnson - The Sound of Summer Running (Verve, 1998)
• Douglas September - Ten Bulls (Sampson, 1998)
• Gabriela - Viento Rojo (Intuition, 1999)
• David Sylvian - Dead Bees on a Cake (Virgin, 1999)
• Mike Stern - Play (WEA, 1999)
• Don Byron - Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note, 1999)
• Ron Carter Sextet - Orfeu (Blue Note, 1999)
• Living Daylights - Electric Rosary (Liquid City, 2000)
• The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture (Interscope, 2000)
• Eyvind Kang - The Story of Iceland (Tzadik, 2000)
• Joey Baron - We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 2000)
• Finding Forrester: Music from the Motion Picture (Columbia Legacy, 2000)
• Sarah Siskind - Covered (Infrasound Collective, 2002)
• Robin Holcomb - The Big Time (Nonesuch, 2002)
• Various Artists - Hear Music Volume 7: Waking (2002) - "Strange Meeting"
• Ron Miles - Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002)
• Wayne Horvitz - Film Music 1998-2001 (Tzadik, 2002)
• Danny Barnes - Dirt on the Angel (Terminus, 2003)
• Rickie Lee Jones - The Evening Of My Best Day (V2, 2003)
• Dave Douglas - Strange Liberation (RCA, 2004)
• Mylab - Mylab (Terminus, 2004)
• Viktor Krauss - Far From Enough (Nonesuch, 2004)
• Mount Analog - New Skin (Filmguerro, 2004)
• Vic Chestnutt - Ghetto Bells (New West, 2005)
• Loudon Wainwright III - Here Come the Choppers (Sovereign, 2005)
• Renée Fleming - Haunted Heart (Decca, 2005)
• Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve Forecast, 2005)
• Heather Greene - Five Dollar Dress (BHM Music, 2005)
• Cuong Vu - It's Mostly Residual (Intoxicate, 2005)
• Almost Heaven: Original Soundtrack (Island, 2005)
• Jenny Schienman - 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
• David Binney - Out of Airplanes (BeenKnee, 2005)
• Jonah Smith - Jonah Smith (Relix, 2006)
• Gabriela - El Viaje (Intuition, 2006)
• Various Artists - Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (Anti, 2006)
• Gianmaria Testa - Da Questa Parte del Mare (Le Chant Du Monde, 2006)
• Lucinda Williams - West (Anti, 2007)
• Viktor Krauss - II (Narada, 2007)
• Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord, 2008)