Friday, May 07, 2010

DAVID FRIESEN


American jazz bassist David Friesen was born on May 6, 1942) in Tocoma,Washington. Friesen plays the double bass as well as the Oregon bass, which is an electrified acoustic bass.Friesen was an autodidact on bass, having picked it up while serving in the Army in Germany.
He played with John Handy and Marian McPartland and following this with Joe Henderson; in 1975, he toured in Europe with Billy Harper. His first record as a session leader appeared that same year. In 1976 he began collaborating with guitarist John Stonewell; the pair would work together often for many years. He appeared with Ted Curson at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1977.
Following this he worked with Ricky Ford, Duke Jordan, Mal Waldron and Paul Horn. His 1989 effort "Other Times, Other Places" hit #11 on the U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
He has also played with Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Garrett, Dizzy Gillespie and Mal Waldron. His sister is the actress Dyan Cannon.

David plays.

Reference - Wikipédia

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