Alec Haavik Friction Alliance Self-titled Album 
Alec Haavik- Composer and Saxophone 
Fred Grenade- Bass 
Jhonny Joseph- Drums

It was a fun challenge to condense my funk opus to trio. The middle “bridge” section of this tune, which originally was recorded on my second CD as a bandleader, “Ye Shanghai”, features a “round” in which, with each repetition of the section, the second instrument echoes the first one as the saxophone moves on to the next part, and then the the third instrument echoes the second part as the lead instrument moves on to improvise on the top.       --- Alec Haavik

Alec Haavik Friction Alliance- "Cruise Control"

Alec Haavik Friction Alliance Self-titled Album
 
Alec Haavik- Composer and Saxophone
Fred Grenade- Bass
Jhonny Joseph- Drums


Alec Haavik Friction Alliance- "Mind is a Time Machine"

"Moog Liberation" 
Alec Haavik Global Friction live in Shanghai, 2012.

Global Friction is Alec Haavik's cross-cultural fusion music project,
finding new sounds and inspirations in Chinese traditional music,
North Indian Classical rhythms, Folk Music and jazz.  

Alec Haavik - Saxophone & Composer (USA)
Tung Lan - Erhu (Canada)
Zhang Yi - Pipa & GuZheng (China)
Martijn Van Buel - bass (Belgium)
Mike Tseng - Piano (Taiwan)
Toshihiro Wakaike - Tabla (Japan)
Stephane Huang- Violin (Taiwan)
Chris Trzcinski - Drums (USA)

