Don Friedman

Donald Ernest "Don" Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.
On the West Coast, Friedman performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco, and Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York. He led his own trio, in addition to playing in the bands of Pepper Adams, Booker Little, and Jimmy Giuffre in the sixties. He was also a part of Clark Terry's big band. He worked in New York as a pianist and jazz educator. He had many fans in Japan, and had toured the country.

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
• Almost Everything (SteepleChase, 1995)
• Thingin' (Hat Art, 1996) with Lee Konitz and Attila Zoller
• My Romance: Solo Piano (SteepleChase, 1997)
• Timeless (Village, 2003)
• Hot House (Chiaroscuro, 2004)
• Piano Works VI (ACT, 2006)

As sideman

With Buddy Collette

• Nice Day with Buddy Collette (Contemporary, 1957)

With John Handy

• No Coast Jazz (Roulette, 1960)

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 Herbie Mann

• Herbie Mann Live at Newport (Atlantic, 1963)
• My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1964)
• Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
• The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)

With Dave Pike

• Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964)
• The Doors of Perception (Vortex, 1966 [1970])

With Clark Terry

• It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
• Live on QE2 (Chiaroscuro, 2001)