Anyone acquainted with David Friesen's exceptional music quickly thinks of his creative universe. Ocean-deep in his sensitivity to the human spirit, Friesen is compassionate and his music founded on ...

In 2020, David Friesen, an American jazz artist with Ukrainian roots, released his masterpiece, Testimony (Origin Records). The set was an orchestral, spiritual soundscape featuring Friesen's jazz ...

In the mid 1960s, a young jazz bassist named David Friesen found his band playing opposite the classic John Coltrane Quartet at a Seattle club called the Penthouse. Although he sat just a few feet ...

's career, both for artist and audience, have been his long-term collaborations, especially with guitarists. He has been recording with John Stowell for 32 years, for example, and their music still ...

Portland composer/bassist David Friesen continues to provide brilliantly conceived and exquisitely executed music of great beauty. This new two-CD release displays two of his bands. The quintet, with ...

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