Topaz (Erik Friedlander album)

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Topaz
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 1999
RecordedDecember 29 & 30, 1997
Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY
Genre Avant-garde, jazz, contemporary classical music
Length56:05
Label Siam SMD-50003
Producer Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
The Watchman
(1996)
Topaz
(1999)
Skin
(2000)

Topaz is a 1999 album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released on the Siam label and features the quartet that became known as Topaz. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4 stars stating "Topaz, like a lot of avant-garde jazz, isn't easy to absorb on the first listen. But the more times you listen, the more you realize how much this left-of-center CD has going for it". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander except as indicated

  1. "Verdine" - 5:37
  2. "November" - 4:20
  3. "Shining" - 6:10
  4. "Straw Dogs" - 7:29
  5. "Topaz" - 2:49
  6. "Three Desperate Men" - 3:31
  7. "Tout de Suite" (Miles Davis) - 8:29
  8. "Hat and Beard" (Eric Dolphy) - 4:45
  9. "Something Sweet, Something Tender / Cienega" (Dolphy / Friedlander) - 6:59
  10. "Agon" - 5:56

Personnel

References

  1. Eric Friedlander discography accessed January 7, 2014
  2. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed January 7, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 508. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.