Rings (album)

Rings is an album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released in 2016 on the Skipstone label.

Rings
Studio album by Erik Friedlander
Released	June 10, 2016
Recorded	2016
Studio	Story Sound, NYC
Genre	Avant-garde, Jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length	66:24
Label	Skipstone SKPSTO23
Producer	Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
Oscalypso (2015) Rings (2016) Artemisia (2018)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Writing for All About Jazz, Jakob Baekgaard said "Rings is an album that successfully crosses the boundaries of classical music, jazz and world music using the vehicle of repetition. Friedlander's ability to combine melodic accessibility, improvisation and avant-garde leanings into poetic and cinematic music brings to mind the eminent pianist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Rings serves as an ideal introduction to new listeners and will hopefully make even more people discover Friedlander's wonderful music". The Jazz Trail review by Filipe Freitus stated the album "marks a welcoming return to a much more appealing creative freedom, mixing the incantations of the world music, the gallant tones of the modern classical, and the unexpectedness of the avant-garde jazz"

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander.

1. "The Seducer" – 5:41
2. "Black Phebe" – 6:22
3. "A Single Eye" – 4:14
4. "Fracture" – 6:40
5. "Risky Business" – 3:22
6. "Tremors" – 7:16
7. "Small Things" – 6:13
8. "Solve Me" – 4:51
9. "Canoe" – 3:37
10. "Waterwheel" – 6:02
11. "Flycatcher" – 8:45
12. "Silk" – 3:23

Personnel

• Erik Friedlander – cello
• Shoko Nagai – piano, accordion, electronics
• Satoshi Takeishi – percussion