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When You Wish Upon a Star is an album of motion picture themes by Bill Frisell which was released on the OKeh label in 2016.[1][2]

When You Wish Upon a Star
Studio album by Bill Frisell
Released	January 29, 2016
Recorded	2015
Studio	Flora Recording & Playback, Portland, OR
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:25
Label	OKeh
Producer	Lee Townsend
Bill Frisell chronology
Guitar in the Space Age! (2014) When You Wish Upon a Star (2016) Small Town (2017)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	[3]
All About Jazz	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Tom Hull	B[6]

In his review for PopMatters, John Paul wrote, "Frisell explores the world of television and film themes on his latest, When You Wish Upon a Star. With each, Frisell takes the most recognizable elements of each, building around this central theme and then subjecting each to a funhouse mirror approach that extends and distorts melodies and motifs to create an often gloriously mutated, albeit gentle, impression of the familiar".[3] On All About Jazz, John Kelman said "With When You Wish Upon a Star, Frisell can add a collection of film and television music to his body of work; an album that, in its own inherent diversity and performed by a stellar group that features, for the first time, a vocalist in his lineup, ranks not only as one of the guitarist's best albums in recent years, but one of his best recordings ever".[4] Andy Gill of The Independent wrote, "Frisell is meticulous throughout, never playing more than necessary, and slanting the arrangements to bring out the themes' essential characters."[5]

Track listing

1. "To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1" (Elmer Bernstein) – 3:10
2. "To Kill a Mockingbird Part 2" (Bernstein) – 4:52
3. "You Only Live Twice" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) – 5:10
4. "Psycho Part 1" (Bernard Herrmann) – 1:58
5. "Psycho Part 2" (Herrmann) – 2:07
6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:10
7. "Bonanza" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 1:35
8. "Once Upon a Time in the West (Theme)" (Ennio Morricone) – 4:09
9. "As a Judgement" (Morricone) – 4:30
10. "Farewell to Cheyenne" (Morricone) – 4:35
11. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 3:08
12. "Tales From the Far Side" (Bill Frisell) – 4:59
13. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:46
14. "The Godfather" (Nino Rota) – 9:32
15. "The Bad and the Beautiful" (David Raksin) – 2:56
16. "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) – 1:49

Personnel

• Bill Frisell – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Petra Haden – vocals
• Eyvind Kang – viola
• Thomas Morgan – bass
• Rudy Royston – drums, percussion

References

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