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Quest: Circular Dreaming
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra i tanti (troppi?) tributi, omaggi e onori al genio di Miles Davis, questo firmato dai Quest del sassofonista Dave Liebman, è certamente uno dei più riusciti nel cogliere lo spirito visionario e creativo di un genio assoluto e tradurlo secondo canoni che ne esaltano virtù e prospettive. Come ricorda nelle note di copertina il pianista Richie Beirach (fondatore insieme a Liebman dei Quest nel 1981): “Negli anni Sessanta e Settanta oggi giovane membro dei Quest aveva suonato con Davis ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman - Lewis Porter: Surreality
by AAJ Italy Staff
Pur richiamando di volta in volta lo spirito e alcuni particolari inconfondibili delle varie personalità a cui tributa degli omaggi, questo disco spicca per una propria unicità e riconoscibilità nel suono e nella personalità musicale che esprime. Sarà forse per la particolarità di questa mescolanza agrodolce tra la chitarra acide e sporca di Ribot con il timbro pieno di Liebman e con un pianoforte rigoroso nella sua immancabile visione armonica, o forse per il continuo accostamento (alle volte tagliente) tra ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman / Andy Emler Trio: Helsinki, Finland, April 24, 2013
by Anthony Shaw
Dave Liebman with the Andy Emler TrioApril Jazz FestivalLouhisaliTapiolaHelsinki, FinlandApril 24, 2013 Saxophonist Dave Liebman is known to have played the length and breadth of the jazz world, on both sides of the Atlantic, in both hemispheres, and, having done so for nearly 50 years, it is impressive that he is still able to find novelty and innovation in every performance. As his record testifies, his name is synonymous with ...
Continue ReadingJazz Education In The Century Of Change: Beyond The Music
by David Liebman
Question: What values does a jazz education offer beyond the music itself? \Artists have always had a supply and demand problem. Since time immemorial there have been more people with creative ideas than an audience to communicate them to, especially if the art demands more than a cursory attention span. In the current world of jazz education, the situation vis a vis graduating more and more of the most equipped musicians in history (every year more so) in stark contrast ...
Continue ReadingManhattan School of Music Chamber Jazz Ensemble and TACTUS feat. Dave Liebman: Sky Changes
by John Kelman
Jazz and classical music have long been bedfellows. As far back as the 1920s, clarinetist/soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet was quoting Italian opera in solos, and in the 1950s/60s, notable composers/arrangers like Gil Evans and George Russell were, at least in part, driven to innovation through exposure/study of contemporary classical music, with Gunther Schuller even coining the phrase “Third Stream" to describe the two musics' meeting point. But, for the most part, all of this music bears some kind of connection ...
Continue ReadingDavid Liebman - Ellery Eskelin: Non Sequiturs
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo Different but the Same e Renewal, Non Sequiturs è il terzo CD (di nuovo per la Hatology) di questo gruppo guidato da Dave Liebman ed Ellery Eskelin, che si conferma quindi stabile e affiatato, ma certo non logorato dalla routine. Una formazione con due sax tenori tutto sommato non è frequente nella storia del jazz. Ascoltandolo (e a posteriori può sembrare ovvio affermarlo) ci si rende conto che ci troviamo di fronte ad una delle espressioni più pure, vitali ...
Continue ReadingDavid Liebman & Ellery Eskelin: Non Sequiturs
by Troy Collins
Non Sequiturs is the third Hatology release from the cooperative quartet co-led by saxophonist's David Liebman and Ellery Eskelin, following 2008's Renewal and their 2005 debut, Different But The Same. Although the pairing initially seemed surprising (Liebman is Eskelin's former teacher), the two tenors have since demonstrated an innate kinship; each is a fearless improviser, well-versed in the tradition, but unafraid to venture into uncharted territory.Throughout the album, they alternate probing cadences and lyrical motifs with an uncanny ...
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