Disfarmer is the 21st album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Nonesuch label.[1] It features music written to accompany a retrospective of photographs taken by Mike Disfarmer.

Disfarmer
Studio album by Bill Frisell
Released	July 21, 2009
Recorded	February and May 2008
Studio	Avast Studio, Seattle, and Sound Emporium, Nashville
Genre	Folk jazz New Acoustic Americana
Length	71:28
Label	Elektra Nonesuch
Producer	Lee Townsend
Bill Frisell chronology
History, Mystery (2008) Disfarmer (2009) Beautiful Dreamers (2010)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "the players are all excellent, but nobody here, not even Frisell, shines. Still, it is a pleasant recording to listen to if not hang on to. It floats and hovers about the room as a peaceful backdrop. Disfarmer is to be taken as a soundtrack rather than as a Frisell album proper, and listened to as a series of sketches rather than as a fully assembled statement from the artist".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

1. "Disfarmer Theme" – 5:37
2. "Lonely Man" – 1:15
3. "Lost, Night" – 1:50
4. "Farmer" – 1:03
5. "Focus" – 2:26
6. "Peter Miller's Discovery" – 4:43
7. "That's Alright, Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 3:10
8. "Little Girl" – 3:42
9. "Little Boy" – 1:16
10. "No One Gets In" – 2:47
11. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 2:48
12. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams" 3:50
13. "Shutter, Dream" (Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Greg Leisz, Jenny Scheinman) – 4:26
14. "Exposed" – 2:12
15. "The Wizard" – 1:52
16. "Think" – 4:37
17. "Drink" – 4:29
18. "Play" – 1:32
19. "I Am Not a Farmer" – 3:36
20. "Small Town" – 1:00
21. "Arkansas Part 1" – 1:53
22. "Arkansas Part 2" – 2:19
23. "Arkansas Part 3" – 1:54
24. "Lost Again, Dark" – 2:06
25. "Natural Light" – 2:59
26. "Did You See Him?" – 2:06

Personnel

• Bill Frisell – guitars
• Greg Leisz – steel guitars, mandolin
• Jenny Scheinman – violin
• Viktor Krauss – bass

References