Chimera (Erik Friedlander album)

Chimera is the 1995 debut album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released on the Japanese Avant label.[1]

Chimera
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 1995
RecordedApril 17 & 18, 1995
Tedesco Studios, New Jersey
GenreAvant-garde, Jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length63:06
LabelAvant AVAN 057
ProducerJohn Zorn
Erik Friedlander chronology
Chimera
(1995)
The Watchman
(1996)

Reception edit

The JazzTimes review by Nancy Ann Lee stated "Containing highly imaginative, artistic chamber-jazz, Chimera finds these gifted musicians in tight, tonally colorful interactions and crackling solo moments that draw the most from their acoustic instruments. Everyone excels".[2]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Erik Friedlander except as indicated

  1. "Alluvium" - 7:59
  2. "Turbine #1" - 4:40
  3. "Mercy Street" - 8:43
  4. "Single Whip" - 9:48
  5. "Blind Tiger" - 10:54
  6. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 5:57
  7. "Chimera" - 5:52
  8. "Fekunk" - 8:59

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Erik Friedlander catalog Archived 2013-09-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 7, 2014
  2. ^ Lee, N. A. JazzTimes Review Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine November 1999