About The Website

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, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, McCoy Tyner and others; authored books and instructional DVDs which are acknowledged as classics in the jazz field; recorded as a leader in styles ranging from classical to rock to free jazz; founded the International Association of Schools of Jazz; a multiple Grammy nominee; an inductee into the International Association of Jazz Educator's Hall of Fame; the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, as well as the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government. He has consistently placed among the top finalists in the Soprano Saxophone category in the Downbeat Critics Poll since 1973 and has to his credit over 100 recordings as a leader/co-leader including several hundred original compositions.

Hello and welcome to my new web site. Besides the usual publicity material, itineraries and available products which one normally encounters on artist web sites, over the years I have tried to make this site into a repository of information about jazz for those who are seriously interested in the art form. Specifically past newsletters, educational articles, private archive recordings, photos and interviews should be of particular interest. With forty years of being a jazz artist, there is a lot of information herein. Please sign up to receive information on events and my Intervals blog, and feel free to contact me for any specific musical questions.

Enjoy!!

“Liebman is among the most important saxophonists in contemporary music . . . a leader and artist of integrity and independent direction.”
- Leonard Feather – Downbeat

“He's completely inside the instrument and the result is a forceful complexity that no one, with the possible exception of John Coltrane, has been able to match.”
- Neil Tesser – Chicago Tribune

On How it Feels To Play
By Dave Liebman

"What does it feel like when you are in the vortex, the eye of the hurricane? To me it is aptly put by the French; you are (at least temporarily) "le Roi du Monde." For those moments when you are playing in front of the rhythm section, you are the king of the world; everything is perfect; you are in control; you can do whatever you want within that space you are inhabiting at the moment. Better than sex, better than anything-cause you are a master of the universe...not the cliche.. the real deal! Getting to that place takes years of experience and observing those who are ahead on line. There is a confidence, an unseen swagger, an assertiveness (even if the music is gentle). It's so good, all you want is to repeat it... like a junkie...hooked forever. "

Current Events

"ON THE CORNER" ONLINE: The entire concert (featuring John Abercrombie and Badal Roy) that I presented at La Cite De La Musique in Paris performing the music from the period when I was with Miles Davis in the '70s is online through the end of February as well as my award ceremony for the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government.

To view the link, please click here.

January

9^th Performance with Phil Haynes at Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks, Milheim, PA

13^th Performance with Cues Trio Bologna-Bravo Caffe - Italy

14^th - 16^th Performance with Cues Trio Alexanderplatz Rome - Italy

17^th – 23^rd Educational Workshop Rimon School – Israel

30^th Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania with Bobby Avey (piano), Evan Gregor (bass), Mike Stephans (drums)

February

4^th Master Class Cal State Fullerton & University of California Irvine

5^th Master Class USC – Los Angeles; performance with Bob Shephard at Vitellos-Studio City

6^th Master Class & Performance Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California

Feb 17-20-Lookout Farm Revisited with Richie Beirach (piano), Jeff Williams (drums), Ron McClure (bass) -Birdland, NYC

21^st Performance Different But The Same with Ellery Eskelin (sax), Jim Black (drums), Tony Marino (bass) at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC

22^nd Performance Different But The Same Blues Alley, Washington, DC