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About Danielle Friedman

Instrument: Piano

Album Review

Even the most casual listen to Weary Gold, Israeli born pianist Danielle Friedman's sophomore offering, might not convince said casual listener that this was only Friedman's second outing. It is too accomplished and sure. And a solo outing to boot. There are host of synchronized moving parts in Friedman's sense of musical calisthenics, composition, and improvisation. Traits that come to the fore mightily and consequently on Weary Gold's emblematic opener “Sweet Home of Var." Once translated, the Swedish ...

Album Review

Danielle Friedman: School of Fish

Read "School of Fish" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 5, 2019

It's taken a while to review School of Fish, the very engaging debut by pianist Danielle Friedman because it's so easy to get carried away by the imaginative leaps and bounds she and her trio take in pursuit of her musical wanderlust. So you listen. Then listen again. And again. Written entirely by the Israeli born / NY schooled / German resident and ably abetted by bassist Aron Caceres and drummer David Jimenez, Friedman's School of Fish comes ...

Album Review

Danielle Friedman Trio: School of Fish

Read "School of Fish" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 23, 2019

Danielle Friedman is an Israeli-born, Germany-based pianist who offers up her debut recording with School Of Fish. Some musicians take a handful of recordings to find their voice. Friedman and her trio--with bassist Aron Caceres and drummer David Jimenez--have done it coming out of the gate. The album kicks off with “Shalom Ani Danielle," an achingly beautiful ballad that exploits repetition and a dynamic group interplay. “5 Trolls," the second tune of this all-Friedman-originals set, opens with a ...