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Dave Liebman, Stéphane Spira and More
by Joe Dimino
The mighty NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Dave Liebman kicks off this week's episode of Neon Jazz, as we play tracks from legends he played with over the years, like Elvin Jones and the mighty Miles Davis. We also take a look at the new music from the great Jared Sims and hear words of wisdom from up and coming French-born, NYC-based saxophonist Stéphane Spira. We also profile Hannibal, Missouri-born, NYC-based jazz drummer Matt Kane and his newest ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Kenny Werner: Fire
by Angelo Leonardi
La vibrante energia di quest'album emana da un quartetto la cui età media dei membri supera i settant'anni: i due estremi sono Jack DeJohnette (76) e Kenny Werner (67). Il percorso del disco è ispirato al fuoco, uno degli elementi del tetragono che è alla base dell'ordine universale, secondo le prime religioni e filosofie dell'umanità. Dave Liebman ha iniziato l'indagine nel lontano 1997 (The Elements: Water, inciso con Pat Metheny, Cecil McBee e Billy Hart) ed ha ...
Continue ReadingSettings For Three: No Fast Food
by Glenn Astarita
It would be easy enough to cite this trio as a veritable jazz supergroup. And as one would surmise, the musicians give it their best shot. It's the trio's third album and first not recorded from a live performance. Here, legendary reedman David Liebman uses various flutes and saxophones, yet this is a democratic engagement where each player serves a crucial role. Indeed, their insightful improv tactics and acute communications rule the roost via somber ballads and popping funk vamps, ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman - Tatsuya Nakatani - Adam Rudolph: The Unknowable
by Glenn Astarita
Sax great David Liebman, multitalented percussionist, bandleader Adam Rudolph and prominent Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani project an otherworldly, Uber world jazz tome on this recording of spontaneous compositions, where song titles were appended by Rudolph as he listened to the track mix. Thanks to the crystalline audio characteristics, the production offers a very detailed soundstage. The percussionists employ an arsenal of Eastern and Western instruments, aside from Rudolph's live electronic processing maneuvers as the music encompasses an electro-organic ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman/John Stowell: Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Dave Liebman leans “outside" for the most part. He came to a measure of fame in the bands of Miles Davis, during one of the influential trumpeter's decidedly outside periods--the 1970s, when Liebman participated in Davis' On The Corner (Columbia Records, 1972), Dark Magus (CBS-Sony, 1975), and Get Up With It (Columbia, 1977). Post-Davis, the always prolific and adventurous Liebman offered up scores of recordings under his own name. Moving to the new millennium, these include Turnaround: ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman/Joe Lovano: Compassion: The Music Of John Coltrane
by Mark Sullivan
In 2007 BBC Radio commissioned saxophonist Dave Liebman to record an all-Coltrane program to mark the 40th anniversary of legendary saxophonist/composer John Coltrane's passing. Asked to bring in Saxophone Summit--the band Liebman co-led with fellow saxophonists Joe Lovano and Ravi Coltrane--Liebman managed to assemble regular members Lovano, pianist Phil Markowitz, and drummer Billy Hart, along with bassist Ron McClure as a substitute for the unavailable Cecil McBee. Ten years later, the session is being released to commemorate the 50th anniversary ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman Group: Expansions Live
by Alberto Bazzurro
Registrato dal vivo (a Seattle, Pittsburgh e Duluth) fra l'ottobre 2014 e l'ottobre 2015, questo doppio album ci offre un'istantanea attuale di Dave Liebman e del gruppo che ne supporta i più recenti appetiti creativi. La singolarità è che il quintetto che ha realizzato l'opera si sdoppia su due profili: acustico (primo CD) ed elettrico (secondo CD). Ciò almeno all'apparenza, perché, al di là dei passaggi di Avey e Marino dagli strumenti acustici, appunto, ai loro pendant elettrici, la filosofia ...
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