Artist: Erik Friedlander Album: Alchemy Release date: 19 March 2012 Label: Not On Label Genre: Contemporary Jazz Quality: mp3, 320 kbps Duration: 38:22 Size: 89 MB Track Listing: 01 – Glow 05:12 02 – Wag (after John Berryman) 01:40 03 – The Wrong Answers 03:01 04 – Lee Av 05:31 05 – Folly (for Ken Follett) 01:20 06 – Assassins or Bridgeblowers 01:50 07 – Catching Hold 00:58 08 – Alchemy 05:46 09 – Gentle Bonds (Keyboards, Guitar) – Teho Teardo 03:35 10 – Halo 03:26 11 – Blood 00:46 12 – Allegiance (for Alan Furst) 03:02 13 – Out, Out (after Robert Frost) 02:09 Personnel: Cello, Sampler, Written-By, Producer – Erik Friedlander Notes: "Lee Av," "Assasins or Bridge Blowers," "Wag," and "Out, Out" were recorded by Scott Solter, August 22-23, 2005 at Pueblo Studios, San Francisco, CA; mixed by Scott Solter at The Tiny Telephone, September 7, 2005. Keyboards and guitars for "Gentle Bonds" were recorded by Teho Teardo in Pordenone, Italy. All other tracks were recorded and mixed by Erik Friedlander at Arconomics during 2008-10. The title "Assasins or Bridge Blowers" is taken from Cormac MacCarthy's Child of God. "Wag" is from Dreamsongs by John Berryman; "Out, Out" from Robert Frost. All these texts were used as jumping-off points for improvisation in the studio during the 2005 sessions (orig. for "Block Ice & Propane")
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