Don Friedman Trio

Don Friedman (Donald Ernest 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 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. Read more on Last.fm