Don Friedman

Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.

Contents

• ALMOST EVERYTHING BY DON FRIEDMAN DON FRIEDMAN QUARTET
• My piano jazz lesson with don friedman
• As leader
• As sideman
• References

On the West Coast, Friedman performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco, and Ornette Coleman before moving to New York City. He led his own trio, in addition to playing in the bands of Pepper Adams, Booker Little, and Jimmy Giuffre in the 1960s. He was also a member of Clark Terry's big band. He worked in New York as a pianist and educator. He had many fans in Japan.

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

Thingin' (HatART, 1996) with Lee Konitz and Attila Zoller

Almost Everything (SteepleChase, 1995)

Red Sky Waltz (Alfa, 1996)

My Romance: Solo Piano (SteepleChase, 1997)

Prism (Abeat, 1997)

Match Point (TBR, 1998)

Attila's Dreams (Ephemeris, 1999 [2001])

Standards in Cagliari (Soul Note, 1999 [2004])

My Foolish Heart (SteepleChase, 2000 [2003])

Waltz for Debby (441, 2002)

Hot House (Chiaroscuro, 2003)

My Favorite Things (441, 2003)

Timeless (Village, 2003)

Salzau Trio Live at Jazz Baltica (Skip, 2004)

Scarborough Fair (Eighty-Eights, 2005)

Piano Works VI (ACT, 2006)

Moon River: New York Monologue (Eighty-Eight's, 2007)

Waltz for Marilyn (Jazz Excursion, 2007)

Straight Ahead (No Coast Jazz, 2008)

I'd Like to Tell You (Music Center, 2008 [2010])

The Composer (Enja, 2009)

Circle Waltz 21C (Eighty-Eight's, 2010)

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)