The new Philadelphia Weekly website is buggy, and for some reason the music previews didn’t make it online this week. So I’m posting mine here.
Broken Arm Trio
Thu., Mar. 26, 8pm. $12. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215.545.4302 www.arsnovaworkshop.com
Erik Friedlander’s 2007 solo disc Block Ice & Propane — and ravishing unaccompanied set at International House last year — make one thing plain: This cello virtuoso doesn’t need a band. And yet comrades Trevor Dunn (bass) and Michael Sarin (drums) allow Friedlander to indulge his swinging pizzicato heart, coaxing a grainy guitar-like sound from his instrument. Broken Arm Trio is his homage to underdog jazz innovators Oscar Pettiford and Herbie Nichols. The 12 compositions travel from 52nd Street to the Delta, with a stop or two in the European concert hall. It’s about the cello as a lead improvising instrument, a role more commonly fulfilled by pianos, saxophones and such. — David R. Adler
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