The Boston Herald, October 25th, 1997
Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas and Viktor Krauss at the Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, last night. The idea of combining country and jazz seems as quirky as a cowboy sporting a beret or a beatnik in chaps. In fact, jazz has merged with C&W many times, from Bob Wills to David Grisman. But except for the odd experiment (like Gary Burton's "country" album of the late '60s) this jazzy country has based its approach in old-fashioned swing. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell's "Nashville" project is a horse of a different gait. His country/jazz doesn't swing, it lopes. It's as modern and inwar...
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