David Friesen- On Tour

On Tour

January 2012
1/13	Wilf's	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
1/20	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Gross
1/21	Ivories	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
1/25	Vie De Boheme	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
1/27	Touché	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel

February 2012
2/2	Sacred Grounds	Scottsdale, AZ	Friesen, Goebel, Forney, Schmidt
2/3	Arizona School For the Arts	Phoenix, AZ	Friesen, Goebel
2/3	Winfield's	Scottsdale, AZ	Friesen, Goebel
2/7	Glendale Community College	Glendale, AZ	Friesen, Goebel Schmidt
2/8 to 2/9	Mesa Community College	Mesa, AZ	Friesen, Goebel
2/10	Thelonius Monk Institute	Los Angeles, CA	Clinic
2/11	Blue Whale	Los Angeles, CA	Friesen, Koonse, Goebel
2/17	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel
2/18	Touché	Portland, OR	Friesen, Shannon, Goebel
2/23	Vie De Boheme	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
2/24	Touché	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett

March 2012
3/11	Schloss Albeck	Sirnitz, Austria	Solo Concert
3/12	Music Conservatory	Klangenfurt, Austria	Clinic
3/16	Jazzkeller Domina Hotel	Bad Kreuznach, Germany	Hassenstein, Friesen, Lijbaart
3/21 to 3/22	Guildhall School of Music	London, England	Clinic
3/23	Guildhall School of Music	London, England	Concert w/Hathaway, Green, Alumni Jazz Ensemble
3/24	CCPE	London, England	Friesen/Green/Pimental
3/25	Vortex	London, England	Friesen/Hathaway/Green
3/26	Jubez	Karlsruhe, Germany	Hassenstein, Friesen, Lijbaart
3/27	Tiepolo Keller	Wurzburg, Germany	Hassenstein, Friesen, Lijbaart
3/29	Jazz Keller	Jenbach, Austria	Friesen, Hassenstein, Lijbaart
3/30	Jazzclub Bamberg	Bamburg, Germany	Hassenstein, Friesen, Lijbaart

April 2012
4/7	Wilf's	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
4/13	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel
4/19	Vie De Boheme	Portland, Oregon	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
4/20	Boxley's	North Bend, WA	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett, Thomas
4/21	Ivories	Portland, Oregon	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
4/27	Touché	Portland, Oregon	Friesen, Goebel

May 2012
5/4	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett,
5/5	Jazz Station	Eugene, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett,
5/10 to 5/19	TBA	China	Friesen, Ku, Haavik
5/28 to 6/12	TBA	Donetsk, Ukraine	Performance/clinic

June 2012
6/15	Wilf's	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett
6/21	Mission Theater	Portland, OR	David Friesen, Glen Moore
6/23	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett,

July 2012
7/1 to 7/13	Jamey Aebersold Jazz Camp	Louisville, KY	Clinic/Performance
7/18	Jimmy Mak's	Portland, OR	David Friesen Quintet
7/20	Camellia Lounge	Portland, OR	Friesen, Goebel, Doggett,

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