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Erik Friedlander - Topaz (1998) {Siam}

Posted By: shamanicus
Erik Friedlander - Topaz (1998) {Siam}

Erik Friedlander - Topaz (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers | 296 mb | MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 130 mb
Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Siam Records / SMD-50003

Cello players are abundant in classical music, but in jazz, they've been a rarity. One jazzman who made the cello his primary instrument in the '90s was Erik Friedlander. Even if the New Yorker used his cello for nothing but straight bebop tunes, standards and Charlie Parker classics, he would be doing something unusual because there isn't a lot of history of bop being played on the cello.

But Friedlander is no retro-bopper - his music is challenging, cerebral avant-garde jazz that favors an inside/outside approach and sometimes incorporates funk and Middle Eastern elements. Joined by alto saxophonist Andy Laster, electric bassist Stomu Takeishi and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, Friedlander takes his share of chances on Topaz. When his cohesive quartet embraces the angular "Three Desperate Men," the quirky "Verdine" (which was presumably named after Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire, a band he admires) and the abstract "Hat And Beard," you're hearing a group that isn't confining itself to jazz's mainstream. Topaz, like a lot of avant-garde jazz, isn't easy to absorb on the first listen. But the more times you listen, the more you realize how much this left-of-center CD has going for it.
Alex Henderson


Tracklist:

01. Verdine
02. November
03. Shining
04. Straw dogs
05. Topaz
06. Three desperate men
07. Tout de suite
08. Hat and beard
09. Something sweet, something tender / Cienega
10. Agon

Erik Friedlander - Topaz (1998) {Siam}


Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 16. December 2016, 20:24

Erik Friedlander / Topaz

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Track 1

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Track 9

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Track 10

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Thanks to the Original customer.