He continues to tour and record regularly with Dave Samuels in the ground breaking mallet duo Double Image – a partnership that has endured for more than 35 years. He has been the featured guest soloist with the NDR Big Band in a program of his original compositions. In addition, Friedman still finds time for special projects. Jazzthetik remarks: You feel your ears being drawn to the speakers as if by magic! Other Worlds is a true musical adventure. It's a spellbinding musical journey, featuring original compositions and improvisational dialogues of incredible depth and beauty. Featuring the exciting French accordianist Jean-Louis Matinier and the brilliant American bass virtuoso Anthony Cox, their CD, Other Worlds, was recorded in November 1996 for Intuition Records and released in December 1997. This daring recording is riveting. Germany's Die Woche callsAir Sculpture, a humble masterpiece!įriedman's project Other Worlds is a trio with an instrumentation and sound all its own. Jazz Friends Review writes: This music is made of the same fabric dreams are made of. The first recording of its kind ever done by a mallet performer, it is aptly entitled Air Sculpture (Traumton Records). One of Friedman's unique accomplishments is his solo mallet recording, which utilizes multiple vibe and marimba overdubs to create richly textured soundscapes. Their 1996 CD release, Rios, on Intuition Records, has been called “a true work of art by the Chicago Tribune. The gifted bassist Anthony Coxcompletes the trio. Jenny-Clarke, documented on their 1992 live release Ternaire, showcases modern, interactive jazz improvisation, ranging from an agressive driving swing to tender lyricism.įriedman's project with bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi, Astor Piazzola's heir to modern tango, is a synthesis of American jazz and ethnic improvisation. Read moreįriedman's trio playing with star drummer Daniel Humair and bassist J.F. Friedman's Enja release Shades of Change, with pianist Geri Allen, bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Ronnie Burrage, was voted by Downbeat magazine as One of the year's best 20 CD's. Their first recording, Double Image, was nominated for a German Grammy, and has just been re-released as a special edition by Enja Records. In 1977, Friedman co-founded the unique vibe-marimba quartet Double Image, with Dave Samuels. His book, Vibraphone Technique, Dampening and Pedaling, is considered to be the Bible of mallet instruction books. He continues to perform masterclasses throughout Europe, North America and Japan. Friedman's vibraphone and compositions are both featured on Chet Baker's award winning Enja release Peace, with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Joe Chambers.Ī dedicated and renowned educator, David Friedman founded the jazz program at Berlin's University of the Arts, and served as its head for sixteen years. Friedman has been heard either live or on recordings with, among others, Joe Henderson, Horace Silver, Johnny Griffin, Hubert Laws, Jane Ira Bloom, Ron Carter and John Scofield. Having worked with such varied musical personalities as Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Berio, Bobby McFerrin, Wayne Shorter and Yoko Ono, few jazz musicians can claim as broad a spectrum of performing and recording experience. Internationally renowned as a vibraphonist, marimbist, composer and jazz educator, he has his own musical message, born of fascinatingly diverse musical influences. David Friedman is considered to be one of the most influential vibraphonists in the history of the instrument.
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