David Friedman (born March 10, 1944,
New York, United States) is an American
jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are
vibraphone and
marimba.
Friedman studied drums in the 1950s, then marimba and
xylophone in the 1960s at
Juilliard. In the 1960s he was a member of the
New York Philharmonic and the pit orchestra of the
Metropolitan Opera, and worked as a jazz musician with
Wayne Shorter,
Joe Chambers,
Hubert Laws,
Horace Silver, and
Horacee Arnold in the 1970s. He and
Dave Samuels played together in drum workshops before starting a project in 1975, called The Mallet Duo. They also assembled a quartet called Double Image during the years 1977–1980. Friedman later worked with
Daniel Humair and
Chet Baker, and taught at the
Manhattan School of Music and in
Montreux in the 1970s.
He moved to Europe and now(-2021) lives in Berlin, Germany, and has been teaching many European percussionists/vibraphonists.
David Friedman (born March 10, 1944,
New York, United States) is an American
jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are
vibraphone and
marimba.
Friedman studied drums in the 1950s, then marimba and
xylophone in the 1960s at
Juilliard. In the 1960s he was a member of the
New York Philharmonic and the pit orchestra of the
Metropolitan Opera, and worked as a jazz musician with
Wayne Shorter,
Joe Chambers,
Hubert Laws,
Horace Silver, and
Horacee Arnold in the 1970s. He and
Dave Samuels played together in drum workshops before starting a project in 1975, called The Mallet Duo. They also assembled a quartet called Double Image during the years 1977–1980. Friedman later worked with
Daniel Humair and
Chet Baker, and taught at the
Manhattan School of Music and in
Montreux in the 1970s.
He moved to Europe and now(-2021) lives in Berlin, Germany, and has been teaching many European percussionists/vibraphonists.