50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet

50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet
Studio album by
Erik Friedlander
Released2010
RecordedMay 5, 2008
Kampo Studios, New York City
GenreAvant-garde, contemporary classical music
Length49:08
LabelSkipstone 006
ProducerErik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
Broken Arm Trio
(2008) 		50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet
(2010) 		Bonebridge
(2011)

50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet is an album by cellist Erik Friedlander, violinist Jennifer Choi, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, bassist Trevor Dunn, and percussionist Mike Sarin released on the Skipstone label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Free Jazz Collective[2]

The Free Jazz Collective observed "Despite the incredible short length of the pieces, the overall result is quite coherent, with sometimes sudden unexpected violent intrusion in more sensitive pieces, but the contrast works well. Not only is the playing excellent, but Friedlander is full of musical ideas, sufficiently so to make the short snippets of music - sometimes quite structured, sometimes seemingly improvised - utterly compelling".[2]

Carlo Wolff stated in JazzTimes that "The musicianship is extraordinary, its fullness informing each section no matter how brief or abstract. I consider this contemporary classical music more than jazz: While certain sections skirt chaos and are resolutely dissonant, others are outright placid".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander

  1. "Stepping/Tangle/Like a Dream/Spider/A Settling Fog/The Fool/Solitary" - 4:59
  2. "War Cry/Harbinger/Retaliation/The Fool: Repose/Blink/Express/Soul Bird" - 3:53
  3. "Bad Pool/The Moon/Night Flower/Death Rattle/No Answers/Machine/Hunted" - 5:18
  4. "Molting/Swift/Flow/Spikes/Dainty/The Fool: Serious Matters/Undulation" - 5:15
  5. "Liquid/Headlong/Bone/Run Into Waves/Taking Hold/Show of Force/Fracture" - 4:51
  6. "Drought/Balance/On Point/Crossing/Stacks/Soft Steps/Tussle" - 6:27
  7. "Meditation/A Story Ends/Hazards/Acorn/Noir/Salon/Blackberry/Persist" - 5:47

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Eric Friedlander discography Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 8, 2014
  2. ^ a b Stef The Free Jazz Collective Review, Free Jazz Collective, September 26, 2010
  3. ^ Wolff, C., JazzTimes review, JazzTimes, March 2011