Eric Gorfain
- Born
- 2000
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- violinist · music arranger · composer
In this article
Key facts
• Name — The Section Quartet • Background — classical_ensemble • Origin — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Genre — * Classical • Pop • Rock • Years Active — 1998–present • Label — Viamin, Decca • Current Members — * Eric Gorfain • Daphne Chen • Leah Katz • Richard Dodd The Section Quartet is a string quartet founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.
History
Eric Gorfain founded the quartet after working for the 1996 tour of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. He said the quartet fulfilled his desire to play lead guitar in a rock band. The debut album, No Electricity Required (2004), contained Gorfain's arrangement of "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin in addition to cover versions of songs by Coldplay, Kiss, Iron Maiden, and Queens of the Stone Age. The Section Quartet consists of Gorfain on violin, Daphne Chen on violin, Richard Dodd on cello, and Leah Katz on viola. They have performed on soundtracks and pop music albums, such as Stripped (RCA, 2002) by Christina Aguilera. Their performance on "Beautiful" impressed the songwriter, Linda Perry. She produced the quartet's album Fuzzbox (2007) for Decca Records, which reached number 14 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart.
As guest
• 1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman • 2003: The Nurse Who Loved Me, A Perfect Circle • 2004: A Boot and a Shoe, Sam Phillips • 2004: Into the Now, Tesla • 2007: Graduation, Kanye West • 2007: Reba: Duets, Reba McEntire • 2007: Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Devendra Banhart • 2007: Southland Tales • 2007: Strange Weirdos, Loudon Wainwright III • 2008: Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits, Christina Aguilera • 2008: Recovery, Loudon Wainwright III • 2010: Bionic, Christina Aguilera • 2010: Burlesque • 2014: Goddess, Banks • 2015: Coming Forth by Day, Cassandra Wilson • 2016: The Altar, Banks • 2017: Revival, Eminem • 2017: Villains, Queens of the Stone Age
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Discography
• No Electricity Required (2004) • Lizards Like Us (2006) • Fuzzbox (Decca, 2007)
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Newton, Elizabeth. The Section Quartet: Fuzzbox. pop matters. 12 September 2007.
- 2.Dan Hagerty. Buried Treasure Volume 2: Overlooked, Forgetten and Uncrowned Albums. Liberties Press. 223–. 20 September 2016. 978-1-910742-74-7.
- 3.Mason, Stewart. Section Quartet Biography. AllMusic.
- 4.THE SECTION QUARTET. Billboard (magazine). 55. 1 September 2007.
- 5.TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER. Billboard (magazine). 69. 29 September 2007.
- 6.Lewis, David. The Section Quartet. Variety. 17 August 2007.
- 7.Section Quartet Credits AllMusic. AllMusic.
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