Quake (album)

This article is about the Erik Friedlander album. For the video game soundtrack album, see Quake (original soundtrack).
Quake
Studio album by
Erik Friedlander
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
RecordedJanuary 15 & 16, 2002
Context Studio, New York, NY
GenreAvant-garde, jazz, contemporary classical music
Length62:19
LabelCryptogramophone CG 118
ProducerErik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
Grains of Paradise
(2001) 		Quake
(2003) 		Maldoror
(2003)

Quake is a 2003 album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released on the Cryptogramophone label featuring the quartet that previously appeared on Topaz .[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Ultimately, Quake is a newer and finer example than anything before of Friedlander's unified vision of not only jazz but also the engagement of the dynamic and harmonic within an ensemble to create something that is compelling, beautiful, and unusual even in the outsider downtown tradition".[2]

Writing for All About Jazz, Elliot Simon commented "Quake is further indication that Topaz, led by Friedlander's cello and world view, continues to break ground with its particular brand of synchronic global stew".[3]

Andrew Lindemann Malone stated in JazzTimes that "Erik Friedlander, however, has shown throughout his career that the personality of a cello is determined more than anything else by the personality of its cellist, and his new album as a leader, Quake, proves that even when surrounded by strong, imaginative personalities, his cello is anything but reticent".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander

  1. "Consternation" - 4:25
  2. "After Hours" - 4:07
  3. "Bedlam" - 6:13
  4. "Gol Gham" - 3:35
  5. "Wire" - 5:49
  6. "Beauty Beauty" - 11:15
  7. "Quake" - 3:32
  8. "Sainted" - 3:49
  9. "Glass Bell" - 5:31
  10. "Biscuits" - 5:47
  11. "Aap Ki" - 2:48
  12. "Fig" - 5:16

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Eric Friedlander discography Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed January 7, 2014
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 7, 2014
  3. ^ Simon, E. All About Jazz Review, June 25, 2003.
  4. ^ Malone, A. L., JazzTimes review, JazzTimes, September 2003