Bill Frisell, photo by Marko Mijailovic

Bill Frisell has announced his fifth Blue Note album, In My Dreams. Set to release on Feb. 27, the celebrated jazz guitarist’s next project assembles a supergroup of his longtime collaborators, with Jenny Scheinman on violin, Eyvind Kang on viola, Hank Roberts on cello, Thomas Morgan on bass and Rudy Royston on drums. Frisell’s new ensemble taps into decades of chemistry to weave together jazz and Americana in transportive hybrid live cuts, as heard on the advance title track.

Frisell’s sextet combines his trio with Morgan and Royston, as heard on 2020’s Valentine, with his go-to string section, who first convened for 2005’s Richter 858, but that formulation belies the way the six players have crossed paths in several bold projects and configurations for decades. “Throughout all these years, this group has just been sort of popping up as my guys, you know?” Frisell says, “I’ve spent so much time with these folks. Traveled many miles. But that doesn’t mean we’re done. We’re just getting started.”

Frisell will celebrate his new record and his 75th birthday with a series of special concerts across the country through the spring. The guitarist and his band will set off an 11-show run with twonights at the new Blue Note Los Angeles on March 4 and 5, then make stops in Sa Francisco, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Mo. and Tulsa, Okla. before a double-header in the Appel Room at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 27 and 28 and a grand finale at Sellersville, Pa.’s Sellersville Theatre on March 29. Find tickets and more information at billfrisell.com.

In My Dreams is available to pre-order and pre-save now. Read on for the full tracklist.

Read Frisell’s “Swing Time” Relix feature here.

In My Dreams – Bill Frisell:
1. Trapped in the Sky
2. When We Go
3. In My Dreams
4. Isfahan
5. Give Me a Home
6. Why?
7. Curtis (a year and a day)
8. Hard Times
9. Again
10. Small Hands
11. Never Too Late
12. Home On The Range

Bill Frisell 75th Birthday Concerts:
March 4-5 – Blue Note Jazz Club – Los Angeles, CA
March 7 – SFJAZZ @ Herbst Theatre – San Francisco, CA
March 12 – PDX Jazz @ Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
March 13 – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
March 19 – Federal Theatre – Denver, CO
March 21 – Nelson Atkins Theatre – Kansas City, MO
March 22 – Philbrook Museum – Tulsa, OK
March 27-28 – Appel Room @ Jazz at Lincoln Center – New York, NY
March 29 – Sellersville Theatre – Sellersville, PA