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Dave Liebman & Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues
By"Sno Peas, a 1979 Liebman tune, may previously be best remembered from Bill Evans and Toots Thielemans' Affinity. Here it's an opportunity for Markowitz's lengthy and lush phrases suddenly to turn meditative. It's in those darker moments that Liebman's warm sax lends sympathetic partnering. Two classics, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes and "'Round Midnight, close the set with renditions that explore a complete harmonic range. Most notable is a solo with which Liebman opens the latter. As an intro to Dizzy Gillespie's melody, it's of a beauty whole and complete unto itself.
Recorded in a live session at New York's Manhattan School of Music, this duo plays outside of traditional categories like jazz or classical. As Markowitz has observed, what they're up for is music "...with no esthetic or restrictive barriers.
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Teacher of Our Child;
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Dave Liebman
saxophoneDave Liebman, soprano and tenor saxophone; Phil Markowitz, piano
Album information
Title: Manhattan Dialogues | Year Released: 2005 | Record Label: Zoho Music
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