Jazz Articles about Janice Friedman

Janice Friedman: Swingin' For The Ride

by Michael P. Gladstone
September 4, 2007

Janice Friedman has brought her solid style of piano playing to several albums, including vocalist Judi Silvano's Women's Work: Live at Sweet Rhythm (JSL, 2007).

Word is that Friedman's husband, David Prager, is the one who has encouraged her piano playing and especially her efforts at vocalizing. So, we have Prager to thank for this diverting album of Friedman originals and standards from the Great American Songbook.

Friedman's sense of delivering a tune stems from perhaps ...