David Friesen - Paths Beyond Tracing - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Creating sublime musical structures over the last five decades, where risk-taking, rhythmic rapport, and giving of oneself to the music are the essence, legendary bassist David Friesen's music continues to reach new pinnacles of profound expression. On disc one, his long-touring, closely knit trio with saxophonist Joe Manis and drummer Charlie Doggett went into a Portland studio to record 13 new works by Friesen. Disc Two, with Manis and Australia-based drummer, Reuben Bradley, is a bristling live performance from Vienna's Porgy & Bess jazz club during their Spring 2019 European tour. Thriving on selfless awareness and their uncanny compatibility, the trio's joyful interactions offer surprise, beauty, and depth at every turn.

J. Brahms - Sonata No. 3 & Pieces for Piano Op. 119 [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/14/1989

David Friesen and Glen Moore, two of the more influential bassists in jazz, recently teamed for a tour through Europe concluding with this, their third duo recording over the last 40 years. Add the decade between their initial meeting in Seattle before their first recording, 1977's InchIn ConcertInch (Vanguard), and the total time they've been working together comes to 50 years. Named for the two-humped camel native to the steppes of central Asia, InchBactrianInch offers ample new proof that these old friends continue to take great glee in surprising and challenging each other, their listeners, and themselves. InchBassist David Friesen is a phenomenon, a player whose musicianship, tone, time and imagination are uncategorizable.Inch