American jazz bassist
David Friesen (born May 6, 1942)[ 1] jazz bassist. He plays double bass and electric upright bass .[ 2]
Career
Friesen began playing bass while serving in the United States 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 album as a session leader appeared that year. In 1976, he began collaborating with guitarist John Stowell ; the pair would work together often. 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 album Other Times, Other Places reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard [ 3] Chick Corea , Michael Brecker , Stan Getz , Dexter Gordon , Kenny Garrett , and Dizzy Gillespie .
Personal life
Friesen is the younger brother of actress Dyan Cannon , and the uncle of actress Jennifer Grant .[ 4] née Portnoy) and Canadian Mennonite father Ben Friesen.[ 5] [ 1] [ 1]
Discography
Color Pool (Muse , 1975)Star Dance (Inner City , 1976)Waterfall Rainbow (Inner City, 1977)Through the Listening Glass (Inner City, 1978)Other Mansions (Inner City, 1979)Paths Beyond Tracing (SteepleChase , 1980)Heart to Heart (Golden Flute, 1980)Storyteller (Muse , 1981)Yet to Come with Linc Chamberland (Muse , 1981)Voices (Westwind, 1983)Amber Skies (Palo Alto , 1983)Encounters Mal Waldron (Muse, 1984)Inner Voices (Global Pacific, 1987)Other Times, Other Places (Global Pacific, 1989)Departure (Global Pacific, 1990)Long Trip Home (ITM Pacific, 1992)In Concert with Denny Zeitlin (ITM Pacific, 1992) – liveTwo for the Show 1･2･3 (Burnside, 1994)Remembering the Moment Jim Pepper , Julian Priester & Mal Waldron (Soul Note , 1994) – rec. 1987The Spirit of Christmas with Jeannie Hoffman (Burnside, 1994)Ancient Kings with Airto Moreira , Gary Barone (Shamrock, 1994)Returning with Glen Moore (Burnside, 1995)Three to Get Ready (Summit, 1995)Upon the Swing (Shamrock, 1996)Four to Go with John Gross, Gary Barone, Alan Jones (ITM Pacific, 1996) – rec. 1995Facing the Wind with Leszek Możdżer (Power Bros, 1996)Castles and Flags (Shamrock, 1996)Still Waters with Ralf Illenberger , Ulrike Dinter (Shamrock, 1997)Tomorrow's Dream (Shamrock, 1998)Live at Jazz Bakery with Denny Zeitlin (Intuition, 1999) – live rec. 1996Grace with Jeff Gardner (Khaeon, 2000)Made in Berlin with Uwe Kropinski (ITM, 2001)[DVD-Video]With You in Mind with Gary Versace (Summit, 2001)The Name of a Woman (Intuition, 2001)[2CD]Midnight Mood: Live in Stockholm (Intuition, 2004) – live rec. 2002Made in Istanbul with Uwe Kropinski (ITM, 2004)Connection (ITM, 2006)Christmas at Woodstock (West Wind , 2006)Circle Of Three (ITM, 2009)Brilliant Heart (ITM, 2013) – rec. 2012Morning Star (Color Pool Music, 2014)Textures with Christian Hassenstein, Joost Lijbaart (DJAMtones, 2014)Where the Light Falls (Origin , 2014)[2CD]Bactrian with Glen Moore (Origin, 2015)Triple Exposure (Origin, 2016)Structures (Origin, 2017)[2CD]Another Time Another Place (Rattle, 2017)My Faith, My Life (Origin, 2018)[2CD]Interaction (Origin, 2019)Testimony (Origin, 2020)Passage with Bob Ravenscroft (Origin, 2021)Day of Rest (Origin, 2021) – rec. 2020
As sideman
With Ted Curson
With Kenny Drew
With Ricky Ford
With Billy Harper
With Duke Jordan
With Uwe Kropinski
Dancing with the Bass (ITM, 1989)With Mal Waldron
References
^ a b c "David Friesen - Biography" . Davidfriesen.net .^ Scott Yanow , David Friesen at AllMusic ^ Billboard , AllMusic^ Feather, Leonard (March 31, 1988). "Jazz Reviews: David Friesen Trio at Catalina's: State of the Art" . Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019 . Playing for a small but select audience that included his sister, Dyan Cannon, Friesen performed during most of the set on a French acoustic bass, made in 1795. ^ Delbert Plett . "Diane Friesen Cannon, A Bergthaler" (PDF) . Preservings. Retrieved September 3, 2022 .
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