Don Friedman
An excellent if underrated pianist, Don Friedman started off playing on the West Coast in 1956 with Dexter Gordon, Shorty Rogers, Buddy Collette, Buddy DeFranco (1956-1957), Chet Baker, and even the then-unknown altoist Ornette Coleman. After moving to New York in 1958, Friedman played in many settings, including with his own trio, Pepper Adams, Booker Little (recording with him in 1961), the Jimmy Giuffre Three (1964), a quartet with Attila Zoller, Chuck Wayne's trio (1966-1967), and, by the end of the decade, Clark Terry's big band. He continued working in New York as both a jazz educator and a pianist with wide musical interests, and was featured on Concord's Maybeck Recital Hall series (1993). Friedman also recorded for Riverside, Prestige, Progressive, Owl, Empathy, and several Japanese labels, and continued doing sessions in New York throughout the '90s and 2000s. Friedman died on June 30, 2016. He was 81 years old.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Waltz for Marilyn
Jazz - Released by Jazz Excursion Records on May 16, 2007
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Thingin (Live)
Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, Attila Zoller
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hatOLOGY on Jun 7, 2010
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The Composer (Live at Jazz Baltica Salzau)
Jazz - Released by Yellowbird Records on Apr 9, 2010
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From a to Z - Piano Works Vi
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on May 26, 2006
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Almost Everything
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on Jan 1, 1995
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The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 33 (Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA / September 5, 1993)
Jazz - Released by Concord Jazz on Jan 1, 1994
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Hot Knepper and Pepper
Jazz - Released by Progressive on Oct 9, 2014
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Thingin
Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, Attila Zoller
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hatOLOGY on Jan 30, 2007
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Prism
Don Friedman, M.Ricci, S. Bagnoli
Jazz - Released by Abeat on Jan 1, 2001
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Standards In Cagliari
Don Friedman, Tommy Bradascio, Jeff Fuller
Jazz - Released by Soul Note on Jan 1, 2003
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At The Movies
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Hep Records on Apr 24, 2007
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Reflexionen
Urs Leimgruber, Don Friedman, Bobby Burri
Jazz - Released by Timeless Records on Dec 22, 2021
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Four more
Jack Millman Quartet and Quintet, Lin Halliday, Don Friedman, Clarence Jones, Ray Teidel, Don Paterson
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Sep 16, 2009
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