Don Friedman
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| Don Friedman | |
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 Don Friedman at The Kitano Jazz Lounge, September 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
4 May 1935 San Francisco California United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, bandleader |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Associated acts | Pepper Adams, Booker Little, Jimmy Giuffre, Clark Terry |
| Website | Don Friedman.net |
Donald Ernest Friedman (born May 4, 1935 in San Francisco California), better known as Don Friedman, is a jazz pianist. On the West Coast, he performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco and Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York. There, he led his own trio in addition to playing in Pepper Adams's, Booker Little's and Jimmy Giuffre's bands in the sixties. He was also a part of Clark Terry's big band. He currently works in New York as a pianist and jazz educator.[1] He has many fans in Japan, and has toured the country.[2]
Discography
As leader
- A Day in the City (Riverside, 1961)
- Circle Waltz (Riverside, 1962)
- Flashback (Riverside, 1963)
- Dreams and Explorations (Riverside, 1964)
- Metamorphosis (Prestige, 1966)
- Hope for Tomorrow (East Wind, 1975)
- Hot Knepper and Pepper (Progressive, 1978)
- I Hear a Rhapsody (Stash, 1984)
- Don Friedman at Maybeck (Concord, 1993)
- Invitation (Progressive, 1994)
- Opus D'Amour (Sackville, 1994) - with Don Thompson
- Thingin' (Hat Art, 1996) - with Lee Konitz and Attila Zoller
- Piano Works VI (ACT, 2006)
As sideman
With Joe Henderson
- Tetragon (Milestone, 1968)
With Elvin Jones
- And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
With Don Lanphere
- Into Somewhere (Hep, 1983)
With Booker Little
- Out Front (Candid, 1961)
- Booker Little and Friend (Bethlehem, 1961)
With Charles Lloyd
- Discovery! (Columbia, 1964)
With Clark Terry
- It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Don Friedman Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ↑ "Don Friedman at All About Jazz". Retrieved 31 March 2010.
External links
- Don Friedman discography at JazzDiscography.com
- Don Friedman Jazz Pianist! at DonFriedman.net
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