{"title":"Don Friedman","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Donald Ernest Friedman on 4 May 1935 in San Francisco. He studied music at Los Angeles City College and began playing professionally in Los Angeles from 1955 or 1956. By the late 1950s Los Angeles had become the West Coast Jazz capital and Friedman played a major role there. His closest teammates included Ornette Coleman, Shorty Rogers, Scott LaFaro, and Chet Baker. He also worked with Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette, Buddy DeFranco, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, and Charles Lloyd. In 1956 he started his first tour. He made the crucial decision to move to New York from California in 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn New York he played with most of the major players. He performed in many settings including his own trio and with artists such as Pepper Adams, Booker Little, Jimmy Giuffre, Charles Lloyd, Chuck Wayne, Elvin Jones, Herbie Mann, and Clark Terry's big band. His first album as leader was \u003cem\u003eA Day in the City\u003c\/em\u003e in 1961. He recorded for producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside Records from 1961 through 1964. His first three albums were with his trio, while the fourth, \u003cem\u003eDreams and Explorations\u003c\/em\u003e (1964), featured German guitarist Attila Zoller, a close friend. He continued to be in demand in New York as a jazz pianist and educator, regularly touring the United States, Europe, and Japan. His lyrical style, technical virtuosity, and mastery of solo performance drew critical acclaim. He was at home playing classic jazz with Buddy DeFranco and Clark Terry, or avant-garde jazz with younger musicians. He died at home in the Bronx on 30 June 2016, aged 81.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"don-friedman-trio-circle-waltz-1975-japanese-riverside-vinyl-lp","title":"Don Friedman Trio - Circle Waltz (1975 Japanese Riverside Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1214\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Friedman Trio - \u003cem\u003eCircle Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1975 Japanese Riverside Reissue (SMJ-6082, Riverside Original Recording Series No. 37, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Friedman was born in San Francisco in 1935 and moved to New York in the late 1950s, where he worked with Ornette Coleman and recorded his first Riverside album, \u003cem\u003eA Day in the City\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1961. \u003cem\u003eCircle Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e followed a year later. Orrin Keepnews produced; Ray Fowler engineered. The trio brought together Chuck Israels — who had become Bill Evans's regular bassist after Scott LaFaro's death in July 1961 — and Pete LaRoca, who had recorded \u003cem\u003eBasra\u003c\/em\u003e for Blue Note and was among the most original drummers of the post-bop generation. The resemblance of this trio's language to Evans's Riverside work is audible and has been noted from the album's first reviews; what distinguishes Friedman's approach is its greater angularity and the modal orientation of his own compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour of the seven tracks are Friedman originals: the title waltz, \"Sea's Breeze,\" \"Loves Parting\" and the closing \"Modes Pivoting.\" Dave Brubeck's \"In Your Own Sweet Way\" — the standard Evans had made closely associated with his own trio — and the 1941 pop standard \"I Hear a Rhapsody\" fill out the programme. Cole Porter's \"So in Love\" is performed as an unaccompanied piano solo, with Israels and LaRoca absent for the track. This is the 1975 Japanese Riverside reissue, No. 37 in the Riverside Original Recording Series, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverside","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43388518334523,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6519.jpg?v=1775466632"},{"product_id":"don-friedman-trio-flashback-1975-japanese-riverside-stereo-vinyl-lp","title":"Don Friedman Trio - Flashback (1975 Japanese Riverside Stereo Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: NM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Friedman Trio - \u003cem\u003eFlashback\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1975 Japanese Riverside Stereo Reissue (SMJ-6094, Riverside Original Recording Series No. 46, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Friedman made three albums for Riverside in quick succession — \u003cem\u003eA Day in the City\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), \u003cem\u003eCircle Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) and \u003cem\u003eFlashback\u003c\/em\u003e (1963). All three were produced by Orrin Keepnews, all recorded in New York with small groups, and all built around the same essential qualities: Friedman's ability to extend a melodic phrase past its expected resolution, his feel for rubato, and his instinct for finding the most lyrical path through whatever material he had chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlashback\u003c\/em\u003e uses Plaza Sound Studios and a trio of Dick Kniss on bass and Dick Berk on drums. Of the seven tracks, four are Friedman originals. \"Ballade in C-Sharp Minor\" is the album's central statement in ballad form — slow and harmonically specific, nothing decorative about the writing. \"News Blues\" moves at a different pace, sharper and more direct. \"Ochre (Theme–Solo–Duet–Theme)\" describes its own structure: theme, unaccompanied piano solo, piano-bass duet with Kniss, return to theme, eight minutes in total. \"Flashback,\" the closing original, is the most fluid of the four. The three standards provide contrast: \"Alone Together\" (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz), \"Wait 'Til You See Her\" (Rodgers and Hart) and Irving Berlin's \"How Deep Is the Ocean?\" — the last given a measured, unhurried reading that stretches across nearly six minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1975 Japanese Riverside pressing (SMJ-6094) is the Riverside Original Recording Series No. 46, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverside","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43455281856571,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6748.jpg?v=1777159424"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/don-friedman.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}