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American jazz pianist
Places
Gender
Male
Place of birth
San Francisco
Place of death
The Bronx
Age
81 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
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)
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Famous American Pianists
These fingers of mine, they got brains in ’em. You don’t tell them what to do – they do it. –– Jerry Lee Lewis
Famous American Jazz Musicians
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. ― Louis Armstrong
Famous Jazz Musicians
What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order. ― Kurt Vonnegut
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Notable American Musicians
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Notable American Educators
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Notable American Composers
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Notable American Conductors
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Notable American Pianists
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Notable American Music educators
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Notable American Jazz musicians
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Notable American Bandmasters
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