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Erik Friedlander: Nighthawks
by Troy Collins
Named after the famous Edward Hopper painting, which depicts four people in a diner late in the evening, Nighthawks was conceived by cellist Erik Friedlander under similarly evocative circumstances--during the nearly week-long blackout that enveloped much of New York City in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in September of 2012. Inspired by the uncanny quiet and ...
Claws & Wings
Label: Skipstone Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Frail As A Breeze (Part 1); Frail As A Breeze (Part 2); Dreams Of Your Leaving; Dancer; Reaching Back; Swim With Me; Insomnia; Cheek To Cheek.
Erik Friedlander: Claws & Wings
by Troy Collins
How does one deal with the loss of a loved one? For many artists, expressing remorse through their work is a normal, sometimes necessary, part of the grieving process. Creative improvising musicians, like renowned cellist Erik Friedlander, are no exception.Lynn Shapiro, Friedlander's wife of 22 years (and an award winning choreographer and writer in ...
Erik Friedlander - Ikue Mori - Sylvie Courvoisier: Claws & Wings
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel novembre del 2011 il violoncellista Erik Friedlander, tra gli esponenti più lucidi e intensi della scena downtown di questi decenni, perde per una terribile malattia l'adorata moglie Lynn [anch'essa artista di grande sensibilità]. Come se non bastasse il dolore per questa prematura scomparsa, negli stessi giorni una caduta dalla bici gli lesiona il legamento collaterale ...
Bonebridge
Label: Skipstone Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Low Country Cupola; Beaufain Street; Transpontine; The Reverend; Caribou Narrows; Tabatha; Hanky Panky; Bridge to Nowhere; Down at Bonebridge.
Erik Friedlander: Bonebridge
by AAJ Italy Staff
Forse qualche sprovveduto potrebbe chiedersi cosa ci faccia un violoncello in un gruppo di musica folk, ma invece Friedlander, sin dal primo ascolto di questo suo Bonebridge, sembra proprio voler dimostrare come il suo strumento sia irrinunciabile per suonare musica acustica della tradizione statunitense. Come si sarà capito infatti, stavolta non stiamo parlando né di avanguardia, ...
Erik Friedlander: Bonebridge
by Troy Collins
The quartet featured on Bonebridge is an augmented variation of cellist Erik Friedlander's Broken Arm Trio. The group, with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Mike Sarin, was originally conceived in tribute to Oscar Pettiford's cello experiments--which were undertaken in 1949 when the legendary bassist played the smaller instrument while recovering from a baseball injury. Refraining from ...
Broken Arm Trio
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.
Erik Friedlander: Broken Arm Trio
by Mark Corroto
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 ...
Erik Friedlander: Broken Arm Trio
by Troy Collins
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 ...
