# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-frisell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:40:36.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-frisell"
name: "Bill Frisell"
slug: "bill-frisell"
description: "William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock 'n' roll, and Americana. He holds six Grammy nominations and one win."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Frisell_Trio_05_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1951-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump