Album Notes

New compositions for cello, voice, guitar, piano, harmonica, wooden flute and drums, with special guest, poet Philip Levine, THE SONG OF RIVERS was recorded in 1998 and is now available for the first time. Friesen's instrumental music, songful and rhythmic, is brought to life on this recording in an inspired way by an outstanding ensemble:

Eugene Friesen - cello
Howard Levy - piano, harmonica, wooden flute
Paul Halley - piano, keyboard
Glen Velez - percussion, drums
Chuck Loeb - acoustic and electric guitars

"Friesen is a superior performer able to synthesize a vast array of influences and ideas into an entertaining, musically satisfying whole."
- Tower Pulse


EUGENE FRIESEN
is the Grammy Award-winning cellist and composer of the Paul Winter Consort. Eugene's innovative use of the cello in non-classical music has been featured in solo and ensemble concerts all over the world. He has worked with such artists as Toots Thielemans, Oscar Castro-Neves, Betty Buckley, Philip Aaberg, Darol Anger and Will Ackerman. Eugene is an artist in residence at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and is on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.