In 1988, the Bill Frisell Band consisted of Frisell, cellist/singer Hank Roberts, bassist Kermit Driscoll, and drummer Joey Baron. It was a rather odd ensemble, but perfect for Frisell’s rather odd — but deeply rewarding — approach to jazz guitar. By this point his unique tone was fully developed, and there are also hints of the Americana jones that would animate so much of his later work (check out the chugging “Little Brother Bobby,” for example). And there’s an amazing arrangement of Thelonious Monk’s “Hackensack.”