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Frisell Projekt was assembled to play the music of guitarist Bill Frisell, whom we feel is an important American composer. Frisell is most known for his unmistakable, deeply personal sound as a guitarist, but we really wanted to draw attention to his compositions. By not using guitar in the band it allows us to more easily find our own interpretation of his tunes.
As we rehearsed, and we started to realize more just how broad his musical landscape is, it occurred to us that kids (especiailly music students) could benefit from some exposure to his brand of eclecticism. With a grant from the town of Kópavogur we held a concert at Salurin and earlier that day gave a presentation to show how many styles of music he works with/in, and encouraged the students to embrace open-mindedness when listening to music.
We are now working on a similar concert/presentation for the town of Hafnarfjörður sometime in November 08.
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