David Friesen- On Tour

On Tour

May 2009
5/1	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
5/9	Vino Vixen	Portland, OR	Friesen/Gross/Goebel
5/19	PSU	Portland, OR	Friesen/Gross/Goebel
5/29	Jimmy Maks	Portland, OR	Quintet CD release
5/30	Woodstock Wine & Deli	Portland, OR	Trio CD release

June 2009
6/5	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
6/6	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance
6/9 to 6/11	ISB Convention University Pavilion Theater	State College, PA	Clinic/Solo Concert
6/17	Wilf's	Portland, OR	Performance
6/20	Saint Stephens/Tree House	Bristol, UK	Performance/clinic
6/27	Blue Wisp	Cincinnati, OH	Performance
6/28 to 6/30	Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop	Louisville, KY	Clinic/Performance

July 2009
7/1 to 7/10	Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop	Louisville, KY	Clinic/Performance
7/11	House Concert	Louisville, KY	w/Chuck Marohnic, Mike Hyman
7/17	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance
7/18	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance

August 2009
8/1	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
8/7	Tula's	Seattle, WA	Friesen, Gross, Goebel
8/15	Vinideus in Beaumont village	Portland, OR	Performance
8/21	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance
8/22	Jimmy Mak's	Portland, OR	Performance

September 2009
9/4	The Vault at O'Connors	Multnomah, OR	Friesen,/Gross
9/5	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
9/12	Vinideus in Beaumont village	Portland, OR	Performance
9/19	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance

October 2009
10/3	Vinideus in Beaumont village	Portland, OR	Performance
10/9	Central Washington University	Ellenburg, WA
10/10	Woodstock Wine & Deli	Portland, OR	Friesen/Kropinski
10/17	Pistol River Friendship Hall	Pistol River, OR	Friesen/Kropinski
10/18	Avalon Bar and Grill	Talent, OR	Friesen/Kropinski
10/23	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
10/24	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance
10/29	Blues	Rhede, Germany	Performance
10/30	Jazzkeller	Erfurt, Germany	Performance

November 2009
11/1	E-Werk	Erlangen, Germany	Performance
11/2	Societatstheater	Dresden, Germany	Performance
11/3	Blue Note	Dresden, Germany	Performance
11/27	Jimmy Mak's	Portland, OR	Performance
11/28	Vinideus in Beaumont village	Portland, OR	Performance

December 2009
12/4	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Performance
12/18	Vinideus in Beaumont village	Portland, OR	Performance
12/19	Vino Vixens	Portland, OR	Performance

Quotes

Bassist David Friesen is a Phenomenon, a player whose musicianship, tone,time and imagination are uncategorizable.

Nat Hentoff

One of the most eminent exponents of the instrument, he maintains an astonishing level of virtuosity.

Leonard Feather/Los Angeles Times

David Friesen's music is extremely complex while retaining a simple beauty, it's liltingly melodic, full of open space, and refreshingly peaceful.

Lee Hildebrand/San Francisco Music Express

Anyone who was lucky enough to see David Friesen live on stage, who could see how he bends in near contemplation over his unique instrument which has been manufactured in Austria, how he strikes the strings with his left(!) hand in order to drum complex rhythms on the body of the instrument with his right hand, now begins to understand: A creative search has come to its destination with great feeling. His equally sensible as well as technically overwhelming performance is a big tribute to the bass as an instrument, an ongoing struggle on the expansion of its musical functionality.

Alexander Marzahn/Basel, Switzerland