David Liebman

Dave Liebman & Lewis Porter - Surreality (2012) {Enja}
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Jazz / Modern Creative / Saxophone

David Liebman is considered a renaissance man in contemporary music with a career stretching over forty years. He has played with many of the masters including Miles Davis, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and others; what makes "Surreality" different from his many other releases is intensity created by the meeting with Marc Ribot, Brad Jones, Chad Taylor and Lewis Porter. Uncompromising tribute to the masters.

Dave Liebman - First Visit (1973) {West Wind WW 2067 rel 1991}
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© 1973, 1991 West Wind | WW 2067
Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone

First Visit is an album by saxophonist David Liebman which was recorded in Tokyo in 1973 and originally released on the Japanese Philips label before being reissued by West 54 Records in 1980 and on CD by West Wind Records in 1991.

Richie Beirach & Dave Liebman - Omerta (1978) {Break Time Japan BRJ-4007 rel 1986}
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© 1978, 1986 Break Time Japan | BRJ-4007
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Piano / Saxophone

Pianist Richie Beirach and saxophonist Dave Liebman have teamed up on many record dates through the years starting in 1973. This CD reissue, taken from the Japanese Trio label, is a set of duets that are primarily introspective and thoughtful. However, the melodies (mixing together originals and standards) are strong, Liebman's reeds (tenor, soprano and alto flute) provide some variety, and the musical communication is very tight. The date is a sleeper, but listeners who have the patience will find much to enjoy, with the highlights including "Spring Is Here" (featuring Liebman's soprano), Beirach's "Eden," Liebman's tonal distortions on tenor during "Cadeques," and his unaccompanied tenor on "In a Sentimental Mood."

NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman's latest is a thrilling free jazz outing featuring the boundless soprano saxophonist in the company of four modern musical masters: Peter Evans, Leo Genovese, John Hébert and Tyshawn Sorey.

Dave Liebman - Drum Ode (1974) {ECM 1046}
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© 1974 ECM Records | ECM 1046
Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone / Percussion

A thunderous recording by saxophonist Liebman from the year 1974. Here the American saxophonist - and friends Abercrombie and Beirach - are flanked by no less than eight drummers and percussionists. To listen to 'Drum Ode' is to swim in waves of rhythms, cross-rhythms, polyrhythms, to be carried along by tidal beats. At the time when he made 'Drum Ode', Liebman was playing with the Miles Davis Group in its most electric/tribal groove period, and Miles's influence is clearly discernible here.

Saxophonist and educator David Liebman is a forward-thinking artist whose advanced improvisational style and association with trumpeter Miles Davis in the '70s combined to make him one of the most influential and successful jazz musicians of his generation. Heavily influenced by John Coltrane, Liebman has moved from tenor saxophone to soprano and flute throughout his career and more often than not played in a progressive, post-bop style that touched on fusion and avant-garde jazz.