Concert Review by Russ Musto – Claudia Acuña – Page 5 Recommended New Releases – Aymée Nuviola – Havana Nocturne – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Jo Lawry – Acrobats – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Sanah Kadoura – Duality – Page … Read More
NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman explores new musical ground on Live at Smalls, a contemporary improvisation showcase out February 3, 2023 via Cellar Music Group The latest entry in the SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series features Liebman alongside Peter Evans, Leo Genovese, John Hébert and Tyshawn Sorey Cellar Music Group is proud to announce the February … Read More
NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman’s intimate trio record ‘Trust and Honesty’ with Ben Monder and John Hébert is out November 11th, 2022 via Newvelle Records The third release in Newvelle Records Renewal Series, Trust and Honesty is an intimate and exposed portrait of a jazz master at the absolute height of his powers. Featuring the … Read More
Ruminations and Reflections – The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach Cymbal Press is proud to announce the publication Ruminations and Reflections – The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach. NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach have enjoyed a fifty-year friendship on and off the bandstand. They’ve … Read More
The 70th Annual Downbeat Critics Poll is out now, highlighting several albums and artists repped from May 2021-April 2022 at Lydia Liebman Promotions. See the full list below! Rising Star Large Ensemble 1. Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Rising Star Soprano Sax 1. Roxy Coss Jazz Artist of the Year 17. Dave Liebman Jazz Album … Read More
New York City Jazz Record, January 2022 Best of 2021 selections: BEST TRIBUTES OF THE YEAR / BEST CONCERTS OF THE YEAR Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness (Dot Time) BEST REISSUES OF THE YEAR Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 (Mosaic) BEST DEBUTS OF THE YEAR Samara Joy: Samara … Read More
16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) New Releases – Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix) New Releases – Andrew Gilbert (San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Bay Area News Group) New Releases – Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino) New Releases – Yoshi Kato (San Francisco … Read More
Downbeat Magazine – January 2022. Reviews: Champian Fulton: Live From Lockdown Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness (Dot Time) Brian Lynch: Brian Lynch: Songbook Vol. 1: Bus Stop Serenade (Hollistic MusicWorks) Mehmet Alí Sanlikol: An Elegant Ritual (DÜNYA) Charnett Moffett: Live (Motéma) Best Albums of The Year:
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz “It is always nice to have a goal in life, something that urges you to arise in the morning and face the day ahead. For saxophonist Dave Liebman, that goal means catching the “Trane” he has been chasing for more than sixty years—ever since, as a teenager, he first saw … Read More
By Greg Bryant, WBGO NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman’s new release, Selflessness, is a passionate reimagining of the John Coltrane songbook. Liebman and his Expansions ensemble have cracked the code to a concept seldom expressed in previous renderings of Coltrane’s most burning mid-to-late-period compositions. Read more here.
