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Don Friedman Trio
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Don Friedman (Donald Ernest Friedman, May 4, 1935 β 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 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 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) β with Don Thompson Almost Everything (SteepleChase, 1995) Thingin' (Hat Art, 1996) β 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
