Jazz Articles about Steuart Liebig

About Steuart Liebig

Album Review

On this set bass guitarist Steuart Liebig shows none of his rock credentials and nearly no jazz affiliation. It's a set of European concert chamber music, thoroughly organised. It's hard to determine how much is improvised, how much written, how much just a filling in of sketches. Is this a compilation of recordings of various improvisations, rather than the recording of complex compositions which existed before the session?

This range of musical resources wasn't available to, say, Debussy, but its ...

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Steuart Liebig: Quicksilver

Read "Quicksilver" reviewed by Michael Davis

by Michael Davis
March 4, 2005

Bassist/composer Steuart Liebig has been one of LA's most prolific jazz jugglers for years now. At any given time, he may have half a dozen bands in the air, a couple behind his back, and a few improvisational relationships on the side. Over the last decade, he's put out recordings on Nine Winds, Cryptogramophone, Cadence Jazz, and pfMentum, but his release schedule doesn't begin to keep up with his visitations with the muse.

In stark contrast to the bluesy bite ...

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Steuart Liebig/The Mentones: Locustland

Read "Locustland" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 5, 2004

From the label's name comes a moniker for Steuart Liebig's creative blues band: The Mentones.

Creative improvised music has many forms. This Mentones session combines the swing of jazz with the spirit of the blues. Each of the foursome participates equally, as harmonica and alto saxophone step up to the front line, and bass and drums provide a strong foundation. Liebig's electric bass leads the quartet over hills and valleys, through exotic designs that fit his piece titles ...

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Steuart Liebig: Pomegranate

Read "Pomegranate" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2001

Even in its quieter moments, Steuart Liebig's new ensemble effort, Pomegranate, projects a sense of excitement. Sometimes it's the spark of discovery, other times it's the joy of companionship, and often (not to be underrated) it's the unexpected pleasure of getting lost and then finding the way back home.

On Pomegranate Liebig's tunes travel along a route consisting of city streets, back roads, and barely marked trails through the woods... and in the end, the path itself bears just as ...