Blues For Los Angeles can be heard on Bill Frisell – Gone, Just Like A Train (Nonesuch 1998). This is more of a simplified lead sheet than a strict transcription. I love this tune! Bill really says so much with so little (unlike this guy). It’s a 24-bar blues in E. I added a bass-clef stave in lieu of chord symbols. But just in case you wondered, it’s a 3 chord blues: I, IV, I, V, I. Enjoy!
Ballroom can be heard on Bill Frisell – Gone, Just Like A Train (Nonesuch 1998). In two parts, Ballroom starts with a solo guitar movement, almost like a separate little 3/4 tune in E before the band comes in with part 2. Part 2 is in a nicely swinging medium-slow 4/4. Bill’s brief solo is really choice on this one!
As performed by Bill Frisell on the recording, Gone, Just Like a Train. I love the sound the trio gets on this recording. Trying to play this tune is a challenge, in spite of its simple structure. Frisell is a master of simple lines and gestures. On his solo he paces himself beautifully whilst propelling the tune’s intensity. This tune is in drop-D tuning.
