Artist: David Friedman
Genre(s):
New Age
Jazz
Discography:
Moonrise
Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Rios
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Vibist and marimba player David Friedman has recorded and played extensively since the early '70s. He studied drums in the mid-'50s, and marimba and xylophone in the '60s. Friedman attended Juilliard, with his major stress percussion. He as well was tutored by Teddy Charles and Hall Overton. Friedman played with The New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Operas in the '60s, then worked with Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Joe Chambers, Hubert Laws and Horacee Arnold in the '70s. After touring and active in Ludwig Drum Co. workshops with Dave Samuels, Friedman and Samuels formed The Mallet Duo in 1975 and co-led the quartet Double Image from 1977 to 1980. Friedman recorded with Daniel Humair in 1979 and Chet Baker in 1982. He was an teacher at New York's Manhattan School of Music and Montreux's Institute for Advanced Musical Studies in the mid-'70s.
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