Don Friedman
Donald Ernest "Don" Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American … Read Full Bio ↴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. There, he led his own Don Friedman 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.
In 2009, Resonance Records released Pieces of Jade, the first album released featuring Scott LaFaro as a bandleader. The album includes five selections recorded in New York City during 1961 that showcase LaFaro with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca.
He most recently worked in New York as a pianist and jazz educator. He has 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)
With Clark Terry
It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
Live on QE2 (Chiaroscuro, 2001)
With Scott Lafaro
Pieces of Jade (Resonance Records, released, 2009, recorded, 1961)
On the West Coast, Friedman performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco and Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York. There, he led his own Don Friedman 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.
In 2009, Resonance Records released Pieces of Jade, the first album released featuring Scott LaFaro as a bandleader. The album includes five selections recorded in New York City during 1961 that showcase LaFaro with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca.
He most recently worked in New York as a pianist and jazz educator. He has 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)
With Clark Terry
It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
Live on QE2 (Chiaroscuro, 2001)
With Scott Lafaro
Pieces of Jade (Resonance Records, released, 2009, recorded, 1961)
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So in Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
These Foolish Things Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never…
You Go To My Head You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…