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Nels Cline: Lovers

by Luca Canini
August 12, 2016

Anche gli esploratori più coraggiosi e solitari hanno bisogno di una casa. Se non altro per il gusto di andarsene; e per il piacere, prima o poi, di tornarci. Un posto del cuore, al centro dell'anima. Uno spazio nel quale sentirsi completi, leggeri, liberi; teneramente imprigionati in quel groviglio di emozioni e suggestioni che sono il ...

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Erik Friedlander: Rings

Read "Rings" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 3, 2016

Repetition is sometimes seen as a bad thing. The mundane cycle of everyday life involving the same actions. However, it is only through repetition that differences can occur. A weekend is only special because it stands out as a difference from the ordinary week. But repetition is not only useful as a way of appreciating difference, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Erik Friedlander

July 1, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Erik Friedlander's birthday today! Cellist Erik Friedlander is a composer and an improviser, a first-call studio player and a jazzbo. A veteran of NYC\'s downtown scene, his 12 CDs as a leader recently include, Block Ice & Propane, his solo cello reinterpretation of American roots music; The Broken Arm Trio, a ...

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Illuminations

By Erik Friedlander

Label: Skipstone Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Invocation - Seshat; Prelude - Scriptorium; Madrigal - Siddur; Chant - Illuminations; Cham - Hypnotique; Tarantella - The Serpent; Fantasia - Zodiac; Chant - Kaddish; Madrigal - The Virgin & The Unicorn; Pavan - Hildegard.

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Oscalypso

By Erik Friedlander

Label: Skipstone Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Bohemia After Dark; Oscalypso; Cello Again; Two Little Pearls; Pendulum At Falcon's Lair; Tricotism; Tamalpais Love Song; Cable Car; Sunrise Sunset.

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Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

Read "Oscalypso" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 27, 2015

As a veteran of the fertile 1990s Downtown NYC scene, cellist Erik Friedlander has been involved in myriad creative endeavors, including innovative sideman work with Dave Douglas and John Zorn, while leading his own unique ensembles, such as Chimera and Topaz. More recently, Friedlander has been performing solo and developing projects inspired by rural Americana, but ...

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Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

Read "Oscalypso" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 23, 2015

Quattro rappresentanti della storica scena downtown newyorchese si riuniscono negli studi East Side Sound di quella città e registrano un disco tributo all'Oscar Pettiford violoncellista. Nove brani mostrano senza veli l'eleganza, lo swing, il senso melodico, la precisione della scrittura di Pettiford, con il quartetto di Erik Friedlander che asseconda pienamente queste caratteristiche esaltandole e personalizzandole ...

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Kevin Hays: New Day

Read "New Day" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti
July 28, 2015

Jazz ma ancora più soul e funk segnano il ritorno in studio di Kevin Hays, il quarantasettenne pianista newyorkese che per la Sunnyside licenzia questo piacevole New Day, album da gustare tutto d'un fiato lungo le 12 tracce che, insieme a tanti brani originali, includono anche un paio di cover eccellenti. La parata ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Erik Friedlander

July 1, 2015

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Erik Friedlander: Illuminations

Read "Illuminations" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
June 15, 2015

Questa suite per solo violoncello è stata commissionata al violoncellista Erik Friedlander dal Jewish Museum di New York City nell'occasione di una mostra di libri antichi e manoscritti. L'ispirazione -che lo stesso Friedlander ha sottolineato essere legata alla pratica e alla pazienza, con una connotazione quasi rituale -ha prodotto una musica di grande intimità e delicatezza. ...