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Erik Friedlander - Roberto Dani: Schio / Duemilaquattro
by AAJ Italy Staff
Stampato in edizione limitata da quel grande cultore di cose buone e dannatamente intelligenti che risponde al nome di Marco Pandin (se vi interessa l'acquisto, il CD si può richiedere scrivendo a [email protected] oppure richiedendolo al Centro Stabile di Cultura di Schio [email protected]), Schio / Duemilaquattro racconta il fortunato incontro “live" di due vere e sensibili ...
Erik Friedlander: Prowl
by AAJ Italy Staff
Giunto al compimento del decimo anno di vita, il quartetto Topaz del violoncellista Erik Friedlander raggiunge un risultato di grande maturità e di straordinaria forza espressiva con questo nuovo disco - il loro quarto - Prowl, giocato su una ispiratissima sintesi tra le consuete tensioni urbane, alcune suggestioni da oriente che non sono estranee a gran ...
Erik Friedlander: Complexity, Simplicity and Arc
by Paul Olson
Arguably the premier cellist in improvised music, New York musician Erik Friedlander has played with John Zorn, Dar Williams, Clogs, Laurie Anderson, Dave Douglas and Hole. His own groups have run the gamut from the chamber jazz--"chamber being a term Friedlander's come to loathe--of Chimera to the improvisational groove of Topaz. He's also a fine solo ...
Erik Friedlander: Prowl
by Jerry D'Souza
The seeds for Topaz were sown in 1996 when Erik Friedlander was scoring the dances for his wife, Lynn Shapiro's New York show, which he later performed with Andy Laster and Stomu Takeishi. There was enough empathy between them to inspire Friedlander to write some new tunes. But there was something missing: they needed more rhythmic ...
Erik Friedlander: Prowl
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
One of the most highly regarded cellists in today's creative improvised music scene, Erik Friedlander has been integral to projects led by saxophonist John Zorn, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and a host of others. But his prolific yield as a sideman has at times overshadowed his own work. Prowl, a testament to Friedlander's talents as a composer ...
Erik Friedlander: Prowl
by John Kelman
While cellist Erik Friedlander's last release with his Topaz quartet, Quake (Cryptogramophone, 2003), was a more cosmopolitan affair, Prowl is more localized. Emphasizing African rhythms, largely from percussionist Satoshi Takeishi's unusual hybrid of traditional drums and assorted percussion esoterica, this may be Topaz's most focused release to date. That's not to say there isn't plenty of ...
Erik Friedlander: Prowl
by Troy Collins
With its African-inspired cover art and concentration on indigenous polyrhythms, Prowl presents cellist Erik Friedlander's Topaz quartet taking a virtual trip to the dark continent for a set of rhythmic excursions that are as adventurous as they are accessible. While the ensemble's Middle Eastern modality is still firmly in place, the group has opened itself up ...
Erik Friedlander's Vanishing Point: A Road Journal
by John Kelman
Erik Friedlander Vanishing Point Arconomics ARC01 2005 One man and a cello. It's hard to imagine that the instrument could occupy a solo space for the duration of an entire album, let alone a concert performance. But when the cellist is Erik Friedlander, a remarkable player who has worked with ...
