This is one of the albums I put on and suddenly think, "hey who is that vibraphone player?" And it turns out it's, once again, David Friedman, one of the cats who played with everyone and is such a humble person. No ego, but a great musician and also great teacher. I was lucky enough to have lessons from him at UdK Berlin and I am a bit ashamed to tell that back in those days I didn't know at all who he was. If you hear vibraphone in funky grooving music since the 70's it's probably him. See his huge discography at Discogs. But apart from him, Chic is such a great band, this was their first album. Everybody knows their songs, they are timeless and they are as catchy as they are of really high quality. No wonder, Chic's Nile Rodgers (guitar player/producer) and the unfortunately deceased Bernard Edwards (bass) worked with the greatest on this planet and Rodgers still does. Rodgers/Edwards songs made the world dance, and still do.. A Chic concert is always fun, their energetic performances still make everybody dance..
Everybody dance!
... and here's a beautiful love song with a David Friedman intro..
This is a tune called Kalunga Dance, from my latest album Dark Horse, order it here or buy it at a concert, the next one is Brebl, Nijmegen 1 day after my birthday on 16th of April! Hope to see you there!In this performance, we featured percussionist/vocalist and world citizen Helene Jank. She lived and worked in Brazil for quite a while and I really think it's audible here. I love the way she and the band creates this moment of space within the concert and this is also why - I think - visiting concerts is important because then you get to experience the whole context of the concert. How is the program build up, how does the audience respond and what does music makes you feel. More info:Susanne Alt: sax, Matthijs Geerts and Ike van Bergen: keys, Thomas Pol: bass, Yoràn Vroom: drums, Helene Jank: percussion Performed at 16th of January 2026 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Recorded by Onno Prillwitz Filmed by Robert Glass and Albert Nooij. - This is one of the albums I put on and suddenly think, hey who is that vibraphone player? And it turns out it's, once again, David Friedman, one of the cats who played with everyone and is such a humble person. No ego, but a great musician and also great teacher. I was lucky enough to have lessons from him at UdK Berlin and I am a bit ashamed to tell that back in those days I didn't know at all who he was. If you hear vibraphone in funky grooving music since the 70's it's probably him. See his huge discography at Discogs.But apart from him, Chic is such a great band, this was their first album. Everybody knows their songs, they are timeless and they are as catchy as they are of really high quality. No wonder, Chic's Nile Rodgers (guitar player/producer) and the unfortunately deceased Bernard Edwards (bass) worked with the greatest on this planet and Rodgers still does. Rodgers/Edwards songs made the world dance, and still do.. A Chic concert is always fun, their energetic performances still make everybody dance..Everybody dance!... and here's a beautiful love song with a David Friedman intro..
