Donald Ernest Friedman (born May 4, 1935 in
San Francisco, California), better known as
Don Friedman, is a
jazz pianist. On the West Coast, he performed with
Dexter Gordon,
Chet Baker,
Buddy DeFranco and
Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York. There, he led his own trio in addition to playing in
Pepper Adams's,
Booker Little's and
Jimmy Giuffre's bands in the sixties. He was also a part of
Clark Terry's big band. He currently works in New York as a pianist and jazz educator. He has many fans in Japan, and has toured the country.