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News: Performance / Tour

Making the Cello Jazzy: Its All in the Pizzicato Pluck

March 30, 2009

The cellist Erik Friedlander possesses a deep, singing tone on his instrument, and when he gives into it completely, he can be a heartbreaker. At the diminutive Brooklyn club Barbs, which he regards as a second home, his sound approaches room-size resonance, with little or no amplification, just about anytime he draws a bow across the ...

Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Broken Arm Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 16, 2009

Il violoncellista Erik Friedlander sta lavorando da qualche anno ormai attorno al suo “Broken Arm Trio" [ne ricordiamo un eccellente concerto nel 2005, quando al contrabbasso c'era ancora Kermit Driscoll], formazione che mette in evidenza il debito del leader nei confronti di Oscar Pettiford, il grande contrabbassista americano che si trovò a sdoganare il violoncello nel ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Erik Friedlander Will Tour with Broken Arm Trio

February 4, 2009

Works Inspired by Jazz Legend Oscar Pettiford's Cello Work Will Be Performed by Innovative Cellist's Trio “Effervescent small group jazz, executed with wit and soul.” --The New York Times “A real sonic vibrancy.” --Dusted.com “ Broken Arm Trio...is stunning – both in what it does and how well they do it.” --The Village Voice “Incredible musicianship ...

Album

Volac: Book of Angels, Vol. 8

By Erik Friedlander

Label:
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Harhazial; 02. Rachsiel; 03. Zumel; 04. Yeruel; 05. Sannul; 06. Haseha; 07. Kadal; 08. Ahaniel; 09. Ylrng; 10. Anahel; 11. Sidriel; 12. Zawar.

Album

Block Ice & Propane

By Erik Friedlander

Label:
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. King Rig - 2:49; 2. Dream Song - 6:22; 3. Airstream Envy - 3:25; 4. Road Weary - 1:55; 5. Night White - 4:07; 6. Night White - 4:07; 7. A Thousand Unpieced Suns - 2:15; 8. Rushmore - 4:40; 9. Rusting in Honeysuckle - 3:10; 10. Cold Chicken - 0:58; 11. Yakima - 4:16; 12. Pressure Cooking - 3:04; 13. Valley of Fire - 4:52. Tutte le composizioni sono di Erik Friedlander.

Album

Broken Arm Trio

By Erik Friedlander

Label: Skipstone Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Spinning Plates; Pearls; Knife Points; Jim Zipper; Pretty Penny; Easy; Cake; Buffalo; Hop Skip; Ink; Big Shoes; In The Spirit; Tiny's.

Album

Flea

By Erik Friedlander

Label: Brassland
Released: 2008

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Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Broken Arm Trio

Read "Broken Arm Trio" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 25, 2008

Inspired by the late great bassist Oscar Pettiford (1922-1960) who, after breaking his arm took up the cello is this project by the cellist Erik Friedlander. His Broken Arm Trio is a sweet downhome session full of homespun jazz. Together with bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Trio-Convulsant, Junk Genius) and drummer Mike Sarin (Thomas Chapin, Ben ...

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Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Broken Arm Trio

Read "Broken Arm Trio" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 22, 2008

The self-titled debut of Downtown cellist Erik Friedlander's Broken Arm Trio refers to an injury that legendary bassist Oscar Pettiford sustained while playing baseball in 1949. Pettiford couldn't play upright bass with his arm in a sling, but he could handle the cello; he proceeded to develop a style on the smaller instrument that yielded a ...

News: Recording

Erik Friedlander Tosses Away the Bow on His New Release "The Broken Arm"

October 2, 2008

CD Is A Burning Trio Set Steeped in the Influences of Oscar Pettiford and the Small Group Feel of Herbie Nichols On his new release, The Broken Arm, cellist Erik Friedlander spotlights his unique pizzicato playing--higher and more incisive than the bass, warmer than the piano, but similarly rhythmic and able to freely engage in the ...