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| origin          = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Jazz]], [[mainstream jazz]]
| occupation      = Musician, educator
| instrument      = Saxophone
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'''Bennett Friedman''' is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He attended [[Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California)|Berkeley High School]], Boston's [[Berklee College of Music]], and [[San Francisco State University]], where he was awarded a Master's Degree in Music (performance).<ref>4</ref>
In addition to actively performing, Friedman is a well known music educator in the San Francisco Bay area. Friedman directed the [[San Francisco State University]] Jazz Ensembles for 8 years and has taught on the faculty at [[Santa Rosa Junior College]] since 1977. Friedman was chair of the Music Department at Santa Rosa and head of Jazz Studies. He has taught and performed at the [[Stanford Jazz Workshop]], and has been featured as a performer at the [[Healdsburg]] Jazz Festival,<ref>1</ref> the Kuumba Jazz Center in [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], and the [[Monterey Jazz Festival]].<ref>3</ref><ref>4</ref>
Friedman has been awarded the [[National Endowment For the Arts]] grant for jazz composition and has been commissioned works by the International Association of Jazz Educators, as well as by  college music departments.<ref>4</ref> Among the musicians who cite Friedman as a significant influence is saxophonist [[The Alexander Brothers|Tom Alexander]], who describes Friedman as a "San Francisco Jazz legend."<ref>5</ref>
==Publications==
* "Variations On a Brazilian Song", Mission Music, 1971.
* Works commissioned by the National Association of Jazz Educators, National Endowment for the Arts, University of California Bands and College of San Mateo.
* Big band charts published by University of Northern Colorado Press.
==As sideman==
* Peter Welker - We'll be Together Again (Brownstone - 1999)
* [[Dave Eshelman]] - Sea Breeze (Sea Breeze)
* Dave Eshelman - When Dreams Come True (Sea Breeze)
* Dave Eshelman - Temperature Rising (Sea Breeze)
* Dave Eshelman - The Jazz Garden (Sea Breeze)
==References==
* (1) http://calbandalumni.berkeley.edu/history/interviews/friedman/
* (2) http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org/wordpress/bennett-friedman-quartet-at-srjc/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412125031/http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org/wordpress/bennett-friedman-quartet-at-srjc/ |date=2011-04-12 }}
* (3) https://web.archive.org/web/20120611072525/http://online.santarosa.edu/homepage/dept30/faculty/friedman.html
* (4) https://web.archive.org/web/20120326021203/http://www.santarosa.edu/music/bio-bfriedman.php
* (5) https://web.archive.org/web/20051105015650/http://saxgourmet.com/PaulCoatsArticles/an_interview_with%20Tom.htm
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrqxKprI6mw Jazz 101, Healdsburg Jazz Festival]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43BQNeRLA00 John Hammond Quartet featuring Bennett Friedman]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=4154 We'll Be Together Again album review]
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