David Friedman是国际知名的颤音琴和马林巴独奏家,同时他还是作曲家和爵士教育工作者。他出版了大量的颤音琴的独奏作品和练习曲。另外他所著作的《Vibraphone Technique--dampening and pedaling》(颤音琴技巧--止音和踏板技巧)被各大音乐学院,无论古典打击乐还是爵士打击乐系,在颤音琴的教育上都奉为“圣经”。今天上传的是他作为YAMAHA颤音琴代言人的一段华彩。
by Ron Wynn
Vibist and marimba player David Friedman has recorded and played extensively since the early '70s. He studied drums in the mid-'50s, and marimba and xylophone in the '60s. Friedman attended Juilliard, with his major emphasis percussion. He also was tutored by Teddy Charles and Hall Overton. Friedman played with The New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Operas in the '60s, then worked with Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Joe Chambers, Hubert Laws and Horacee Arnold in the '70s. After touring and participating in Ludwig Drum Co. workshops with Dave Samuels, Friedman and Samuels formed The Mallet Duo in 1975 and co-led the quartet Double Image from 1977 to 1980. Friedman recorded with Daniel Humair in 1979 and Chet Baker in 1982. He was an instructor at New York's Manhattan School of Music and Montreux's Institute for Advanced Musical Studies in the mid-'70s.