World debut recording!
Winner of prestigious
Aaron Copland Award!
Six compositions from jazz crusader
David Liebman, drawn from his 30+
year career and reflecting the eclectic
musical styles and trends he's assimilated, have
been arranged by six leading arrangers including Jim
McNeely and Vince Mendoza. Also
included is the audaciously re-worked,
Grammy-nominated "Sing Sing Sing," written
specifically for Liebman as soloist with the Carnegie Hall
Jazz Band. Lieb's big band is a cross-stylistic collective
of top-flight East Coast performers and improvisors.
The music is filled with unusual
harmonies and room for collective improvisation
and ranges from the fusion-jazzy "Fracas" to
the programmatic, deeply moving "Hiroshima
Memorial" to the mysterious
and deeply harmonic "Carissima" to the
chamber music-like "Done With Restraint" to
the flowing, polychromatic brushstrokes of "Pablo" (for
Picasso).
- "Hiroshima Memorial" (11:23) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Ed Sarath)
- "Beyond the Line" (6:53) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Vince Mendoza)
- "Sing, Sing, Sing" (9:39) (Louis Prima) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Jim McNeely)
- "Carissima" (6:59) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Henrik Frisk)
- "Fracas" (3:45) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Alan Baylock)
- "Done with Restraint" (9:39) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Jim McNeely)
- "Pablo's Story" (11:28) [Listen: MP3 | WMA]
(arranged by Bill Warfield)
All compositions by David Liebman,
Liebstone Music (BMI), except
where noted.
Musicians
David Liebman, soprano saxophone, wood flute ·
Gunnar Mossblad, alto saxophone, soprano
saxophone ·
Jay Brandford, alto saxophone, clarinet,
flute ·
Dave Riekenberg, tenor saxophone, soprano
saxophone, flute, clarinet ·
Tim Ries, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet · Chris
Karlic, baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet ·
Dave Ballou,* trumpet, flügelhorn · Laurie
Frink, Bill Warfield, Pat Dorian, trumpet ·
Tim Sessions, Scott Reeves, Sam
Burtis, Jeff Nelson, trombone ·
Jim Ridl, piano, keyboards · Vic
Juris, guitar · Tony Marino, bass ·
Marko Marcinko, drums, percussion ·
Gunnar Mossblad, musical director
Recording Engineer: Peter Karl
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: John C Fishell
Album Designer: Frau Kranift
Liner notes and artist photos by Frank Tafuri
Assistant producer: John C Fishell
Producers: Gunnar Mossblad, David Liebman
Executive Producer: Frank Tafuri
Made possible by a generous grant from
the Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording Program.