Jazz Articles about Dave Liebman

David Liebman - Roberto Tarenzi - Paolo Benedettini - Tony Arco: Dream of Nite

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 19, 2007

Registrato nel 2005 dopo ripetute collaborazioni occasionali che avevano accresciuto affiatamento e stima reciproca, questo lavoro vede il grande sassofonista statunitense David Liebman assieme a tre ottimi, ancorché non notissimi, musicisti nostrani: il pianista Roberto Tarenzi, il contrabbassista Paolo Benedettini e il batterista Tony Arco. Tarenzi e Arco avevano già registrato con Liebman un CD uscito nel 2002 per la Abeat: Feel (sotto la denominazione Cues Trio Meets David Liebman). In quel trio compariva Lucio Terzano al posto di Paolo ...

David Liebman: Four Nights in Culver City

by Chuck Koton
November 16, 2007

David Liebman QuartetJazz BakeryCulver City, CaliforniaOctober 31 - November 3, 2007 Saxophone master David Liebman brought his eclectic style to the Jazz Bakery in Culver City and amply demonstrated the futility of applying labels to music. At times, Liebman is the progressive rocker who played with Ten Wheel Drive. At other times, he is the modal fusion player of the early 70s who performed so memorably in the bands of Elvin Jones and Miles ...

David Liebman Group: Blues All Ways

by John Kelman
November 16, 2007

While the blues is one of the clearest roots of conventional jazz tradition, few but saxophonist Dave Liebman could release an album that covers as many stylistic bases as Blues All Ways.There's good reason why Liebman can create a blues homage ranging from the 7/4 Memphis shuffle of “Elvis the Pelvis" and lithe, harmonically sophisticated swinger “Down Time" to the ethereal “Riz's Blues." With a quartet with this much shared history, the saxophonist has a lean but highly ...

We Three: Three For All

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 1, 2007

Tre musicisti straordinari, di antica frequentazione (le loro strade si sono incrociate fin dagli anni ’60), tornano ad incontrarsi con il piacere di comporre assieme le rispettive qualità, ed il risultato non può che essere una registrazione eccellente, tutta da ascoltare. La cifra è quella della libertà dialogica, dell’ascolto reciproco e della risposta espressiva, pur all’interno di cornici tematiche definite, ora classiche - il monkiano “Played Twice”, il davisiano “All Blues”, lo standard “I Only Have Eyes for You” - ...

Dave Liebman: Back on the Corner

by John Kelman
January 27, 2007

It's only been in the past decade that the electric music of the late Miles Davis has been re-explored, attaining more widespread credibility and acceptance. It's turning out to be a matter of catching up with an icon that, through the many phases of his career, was often ahead of his time. Like so many others, saxophonist Dave Liebman only played with the trumpet legend for a brief period, but he acknowledges its significant effect. Back on the Corner explores ...

The David Liebman Group at the Deerhead Inn

by Victor L. Schermer
November 6, 2006

The David Liebman Group The Deerhead Inn Delaware Water Gap, PA October 20, 2006

David Liebman is a preeminent jazz saxophonist who has sustained a top-of-the-line reputation for four decades. He embodies a rare combination of discipline, knowledge, technique, and passion. Simply put, he is a true and dedicated master. Throughout his career, he has kept growing, evolving, listening, playing, composing, teaching, seeking new understanding, and pushing the limits of the instrument and ...

Dave Liebman & Bobby Avey: Vienna Dialogues

by Michael P. Gladstone
October 19, 2006

Dave Liebman has released seventy albums since 1972, matching some of the most frequently recorded musicians in jazz, but the soprano saxophonist keeps moving forward. Vienna Dialogues is a duet performance with pianist Bobby Avey. Throughout his career, Liebman has collaborated on several piano-saxophone duet albums, the most recent of which was Manhattan Dialogues (Zoho, 2005) with pianist Phil Markowitz.

An improviser who can play bebop or free jazz flawlessly, Liebman studied with Lenny Tristano and Charles Lloyd. He gained ...