Play the Music of Bill Frisell Vol. 2

HORA Records is pleased to annouce the release of Unscientific Italians Play The Music of Bill Frisell – Volume 2 on November 25th 2022. This new chapter follows the acclaimed Volume 1, which was released in 2021 and received praise world-wide both from music critics and the community of Frisell Fans, leading the band to be awarded as ‘Band of the Year 2021’ by Italian jazz critics pool ‘Top Jazz’.
The ensemble Unscientific Italians, led by pianist, arranger and composer Alfonso Santimone, features some of the most gifted performers and bandleaders on the Italian scene: Fulvio Sigurtà and Mirco Rubegni on trumpet and flughelhorn, Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni and Lorenzo Manfredini on trombone, Cristiano Arcelli, Piero Bittolo Bon, Francesco Bigoni, Rossano Emilli and Beppe Scardino on reeds, Danilo Gallo on bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums.
The new volume will be published on vinyl, digitally, and in a special LTD edition Double CD together with the Vol.1 with the blessing of Bill Frisell himself, who generously offered some of his sketches for the covers artwork.
Bill Frisell is undoubtedly one of the most influential masters in today’s jazz landscape. However, his compositions remain unexplored, perhaps because of a lack of critical distance, perhaps because their apparent simplicity hides impenetrable folds to those who lack the right perspective.
Musically speaking, Unscientific Italians is not a tribute or an orchestral rendition of Frisell’s music, but rather an idiosyncratic rewriting and orchestration that borrows his compositional and instrumental language.
The first four tunes are a reinterpretation of the entire ‘Some Song and Dance’ suite from 1989 Frisell masterpiece album ‘Before We Were Born’
The album continues with Frisell classic ‘Throughout’ (known as well with the title ‘Steady Girl’ - with lyrics by Arto Lindsay), goes on with the song responsible for the band’s name ‘Unscientific Americans’ and ends with ‘Egg Radio'.


Release date - November 25th, 2022