Chimera (Erik Friedlander album)

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

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

Contents

Reception

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

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

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References

  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