NASHVILLE

The atmospheric jazz guitar player and master of understatement, Bill Frisell, was showing his increased country and bluegrass motivation a few years back. He had also supported a few folk albums as a guest, one of them being Robin Holcomb who appears as a vocalist here. He's joined by other proficient blue grass/country instrumentalists and he lets them shine to the extent that I was sometimes asking where I couldn't hear any guitar at moments.

Expect a mildly sophisticated well-played and varied album that is almost absent of jazz, though some guitar chords are jazzy. Frisell makes no pretension that this is foremost a tribute to the country music. Recommended for all Frisell fans and instrumental country music.