Broken Arm Trio

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Broken Arm Trio
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2008
RecordedJanuary 24 & 25, 2008
Excello Studios
Genre Avant-garde, Jazz, Americana, Contemporary classical music
Length49:08
Label Skipstone 003
Producer Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
Eiger
(2007)
Broken Arm Trio
(2008)
50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet
(2010)

Broken Arm Trio is an album by cellist Erik Friedlander, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Mike Sarin performing compositions inspired by Oscar Pettiford's cello work and the music of Herbie Nichols. [1]

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Reception

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PopMatters correspondent Michael Kabran concluded "Broken Arm Trio clearly features the work of three musicians who, while tremendously adept at playing jazz, are snuggly rooted in the rock and European classical and folk idioms". [2]

Writing for All About Jazz, Mark Corroto observed "Friedlander seems to be opening his music to jazz and no-jazz fans. Much like Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden's open arm approach to jazz that can swallow both country and classical, Friedlander is pushing his vision into the open ended world defined simply as music". [3] On the same site Troy Collins noted "A tireless artist, always open to expanding the acoustic cello language, Broken Arm Trio is one of Friedlander's most refreshing and vibrant efforts". [4] A.D. Amorosi stated in JazzTimes that "it’s gorgeous, soulful and smart". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander

  1. "Spinning Plates" – 3:23
  2. "Pearls" – 4:36
  3. "Knife Points" – 2:36
  4. "Jim Zipper" – 1:08
  5. "Pretty Penny" – 4:15
  6. "Easy" – 6:10
  7. "Cake" – 3:38
  8. "Buffalo" – 1:29
  9. "Hop Skip" – 6:47
  10. "Ink" – 2:01
  11. "Big Shoes" – 4:13
  12. "In the Spirit" – 4:00
  13. "Tiny's" – 4:44

Personnel

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References

  1. Eric Friedlander discography Archived 2013-08-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 6, 2014
  2. 1 2 Kabran, M., PopMatters Review, December 8, 2008
  3. Corroto, M. All About Jazz Review, October 25, 2008.
  4. Collins, T. All About Jazz Review, October 22, 2008.
  5. Amorosi, A. D., JazzTimes review, JazzTimes, March 2009