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Don Friedman (1935-2016)

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Marc Myers
Jul 02, 2016
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Don Friedman, a jazz pianist with enormous sensitivity and avant-garde curiosity who shared an introspective style similar to Bill Evans but tended to be more experimental and jagged with shades of Bud Powell, died June 30. He was 81.


Don grew up in San Francisco and studied formally starting at age 4. He moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was …

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