PHOTO: Resident Artistic Director Bill Frisell at SFJAZZ

Guitarist and Resident Artistic Director Bill Frisell began his four-night residency at the SFJAZZ Center last night. Frisell presents an eclectic series of performances all weekend long. Tonight, violinist-singer Petra Haden (daughter of the great bassist Charlie Haden) and bassist Thomas Morgan rejoin Frisell after collaborating together on Paul Motion's final album as a leader, 2011’s The Windmills of Your Mind. Saxophonist Greg Osby is featured as a special guest. On Saturday, Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers trio performs with Seattle-cartoonist Jim Woodring, who will create live digital illustrations, projected on the Miner Auditorium video screen. Sunday's finale sees all of Frisell's collaborators throughout the weekend together on the same stage! Below are some great photos of Frisell's opening night, with Osby and acclaimed pianist Geri Allen, captured by photographer Monica Frisell.

All photographs by Monica Frisell.

For more photos, visit SFJAZZ Flickr.

Bill Frisell's four-night residency at SFJAZZ goes all weekend long, and includes a Saturday Family Matinee. To learn more, click here!

WATCH: Bill Frisell & Jim Woodring

Resident Artistic Director Bill Frisell presents an eclectic series of performances this weekend for his Fall Residency at the SFJAZZ Center. The above video previews a delightful live multimedia collaboration between Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers trio and influential Seattle-based cartoonist and animator Jim Woodring. In a special evening and matinee performance this coming Saturday, Woodring will create live digital illustrations, projected on Miner Auditorium's large video screen, to accompany and inspire the music. Joining Frisell in the Beautiful Dreamers trio is multi-faceted composer/violist Eyvind Kang and in-demand drummer Rudy Royston.

The Frisell-Woodring collaboration also kicks off another great season of Family Matinee concerts. Both fun and educational, Family Matinees engage the youth with entertaining and interactive musical experiences (more information on matinees here).

A great review of Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers album can be read here. For more information on Frisell's Residency, visit sfjazz.org.

An illustration by Jim Woodring