ERIK FRIEDLANDER’s “The Throw”

Erik Friedlander: cello
Uri Caine: piano
Mark Helias: bass
Ches Smith: drums 
 

Dirty Boxing, Erik Friedlander’s new album, explores the poetic force of mixed martial arts, finding surprising parallels between musical discipline and strategic combat. With intensity, elegance, and deadpan realism, Friedlander and his band deliver a performance that challenges conventions, experimenting with modular compositions and moments of great creativity.