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1-DAVE LIEBMAN GROUP LIVE AT IAJE-NEW YORK 2007(12$)

          A performance that will be remembered by all in attendance, the Dave Liebman Group burned the house down at the IAJE Convention in New York, January 2007 featuring a wonderful arrangement of “Green Dolphin Street” and originals showcasing the wide variety of repertoire the Liebman Group performs live.

2-BEYOND THE LINE-THE DAVE LIEBMAN BIG BAND-Omnitone

          Made up of New York’s finest sidemen playing Lieb’s original tunes arranged by top notch musicians like Jim McNeely and Vince Mendoza, this showcases material from all the stages of Dave’s career in a big band setting. The performance of Jim McNeely’s famous arrangement (done specifically for Lieb) of “Sing, Sing, Sing” garnered a Grammy nomination for that year.

3-DREAM OF NITE-Universal-Verve

          A live recording from Italy featuring Lieb with a great Italian trio (Roberto Tarenzi-piano; Tony Arc-drums; Paolo Benedittini-bass)playing originals and standards in a burning style showing Dave’s straight ahead jazz roots in top form.

4-DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME-Lieb, Ellery Eskelin, Jim Black, Tony Marino-Hatology

          When tenorist Ellery Eskelin first came to Yew York in the early 1980s he sought Lieb out for lessons. The two continued their relationship sharing the bandstand together on numerous occasions in the past decades. Ellery has developed into one of the premier “free” jazz players in the world and for this recording he brings in his long time collaborator, drummer Jim Black. Liebman does the same with his bassist since 1991, Tony Marino. Besides originals, there are arrangements of Tadd Dameron’s “Gnid” (recorded by Coltrane on “Mating Call”); Wayne Shorter’s “Vonetta” and a three part conversation combining “What Is this Thing Called Love,” “Subconscious Lee” and “Hot House”- all based on the chord progression to the Cole Porter standard. Both saxophonists use the tenor sax exclusively.

5-MILES AHEAD- Lieb with the Manhattan School of Music Big Band

          This CD was recorded live at the Manhattan School of Music features Lieb playing the original music from the first Gil Evans-Miles Davis collaboration. Accompanied by the extended big band, Lieb takes his cues from Miles while employing his own sense of phrasing to such classics as “Lament” “My Ship” and “Miles Ahead” revealing these classic arrangements in a new and fresh light.

6-COLORS-SOLO TENOR-Hatology

          In the late 90s after having returned to playing tenor for a few years, Lieb took the opportunity which presented itself at the Banff School for the Arts in Western Canada to record a solo work based on impressions of the primary colors. Doing two versions of each color (red, blue, green, yellow, grey and black), the tenor is explored in unique ways. Liner notes are provided by Joe Lovano and Mike Brecker.

7-THE SEASONS REFLECTED-The Manhattan Saxophone Quartet, drums/percussion and David Liebman-Soul Note

          In the mid 1990s Lieb recorded a trio CD with Billy Hart and Cecil McBee on Soul Note depicting the four seasons and course of the sun’s daily path. His long time collaborator, Gunnar Mossblad (who also conducts the Dave Liebman Big Band) arranged and added new parts based on the original recording. The recording features an all star New York based saxophone quartet (with doubles on flutes, oboe, clarinets, English horn) along with drums/percussion. The enhanced CD also includes photos of the passing of the seasons taken in Sweden.

8-WATERS ASHORE-Lieb, Misha Feigin and LaDonna Smith-Transmuseq($12)

          A true free jazz recording with violinist Smith and guitarist Feigin getting together for a loose session of textural and highly interactive conversations. This is very representative of Lieb’s playing in the free idiom.

9-THE DUO LIVE-DAVD LIEBMAN WITH RICHARD BEIRACH-Advance Music-(CD-$16;book-$17)

          This classic live recording of the famous duo is from Germany in 1985. It is also completely transcribed by Bill Dobbins for study purposes in a separate book. This CD captures the unique communication and harmonic/melodic innovations that the duo pursued for nearly 20 years in various quartet as well as duo combinations.

10-INNER VOICES and COSMOS-DAVE LIEBMAN WITH ABBEY RADER(two separate recordings)-Abray/Cadence

          In duet with first generation free drummer Abbey Rader, this demonstrates Lieb revisiting his first influences from the avant garde movement of the late 1960s. INNER VOICES is done in the studio while COSMOS is a live performance from the Full Sail Studios in Orlando, Florida and features some classic Coltrane tunes.

11-AFTER DARK-DAVE LIEBMAN AND THE DUBLIN PROJECT-IMC

           Lieb works a lot with excellent European rhythm sections. This CD features one of his longest overseas relationships with Irish musicians: Ronan Guilfoyle on bass, Conor Guilfoyle on drums and Mike Nielsen on guitar playing a brand of free jazz unique to this group.

12-REUNION OF OLD SPIRITS-LOOKOUT FARM

          Lieb’s first group was Lookout Farm which featured Richie Beirach and on occasion guitarist John Abercrombie. This reunion date took place in the late 1990s to commemorate the passing of bassist Frank Tusa’s wife, Valerie. Along with Jeff Williams who was in the original “Lookout Farm” and Tony Marino on bass, the music recreates the excitement of the original group with added influences gathered in the years since the group played together.

13-PASSING DREAMS-DAVE LIEBMAN WITH LOOKOUT FARM AND BADAL ROY-Gettika

          From the “Lookout Farm” period with Beirach on piano, Jeff Williams on drums, Frank Tusa on bass and Badal Roy on tablas, half of this recording was done in a studio in Bombay, India while the group was on tour there in 1975 joined by a group of Indian musicians. This is one of the earliest recordings mixing cultures together into what is now referred to as “world music”.  The remaining tracks were done by Badal and Lieb in the late 1990s.

14-TIME IMMEMORIAL-DAVE LIEBMAN SOLO SAXOPHONES-Enja-

           Using the technology of the studio engineered by Walter Quintus, this is a solo recording featuring original sounds all produced on the various saxophones(alto, tenor, soprano and baritone) played by Lieb and configured by Quintus. This solo excursion was inspired by Lieb’s fiftieth birthday and personal reflections that naturally accompany this significant passage in one’s life.