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 Jonesin', from my latest album Dark Horse, order it here or buy it at a concert. See agenda for the upcoming dates!On the album, this tune features Willie Jones III on drums, and in Bimhuis we had Yoràn Vroom with an also incredible drum solo.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..
