David Liebman Group: New Vista

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Jazz Soprano Sax virtuoso Dave Liebman, together with his group and the great Brazilian percussionist Café, breaks new ground in this inspired CD, entitled David Liebman: New Vista. Mixing Brazilian rhythms with penetrating ballads, this recording is, in the innovative Liebman's words, his "most upbeat release to date."

      "David Liebman’s New Vista is an extraordinary adventure. That, though, is what 
        we have come to expect from Liebman, one of contemporary music’s true innovators. 
        Although having just passed the half century mark, Lieb is playing with an intensity 
        pulsing with youthful energies.
 
       At the same time, his playing possesses a Solomon-like wisdom. On one level, there’s a 
       brilliant reconfiguring of the past, of Dave’s own considerable legacy, as well as those 
       of Miles ( Davis) and Trane (John Coltrane). And yet the music springs from the 
       immediacy of the moment. So while imbued with the spirits of the giants, Dave’s 
       impassioned quests once again push past the present and into the future.
 
       In the aptly titled New Vista, arguably Dave’s most assessable project to date, the 
       inspiration comes in large part from Brazil. This, though, is not the Bossa Nova of your 
       father – or mother. Indeed, it’s an electro-Amazonian voyage into an exotic and 
       rhythmically charged neo-musical hyperspace, a magical realm in which myth and dream 
       dance with joyous abandon.”         
 
       …I have no doubt that New Vista will stand as a landmark in Liebman’s already 
       distinguished career. Its appeals are many. Its impact is immediate. Indeed, it’s serious 
       and joyous fun at the summit by one of our great contemporary artists, saxophone 
       extraordinaire, Dave Liebman.                                                               - Dr. Chuck Berg

Most well known as a key member of the seminal Miles Davis Quintet in the 1970’s, Dave Liebman, along with notable musicians Phil Markowitz, Tony Marino, Jamey Haddad, Vic Juris, and Brazilian percussion master Café, creates this thrilling CD, David Liebman: New Vista (also available via download), that fuses Jazz with Brazilian influences; culminating in an exhilarating recording of Dave Liebman’s individual musical vision.

Song Selections:      1. New Vista    2. Estaté    3. Real Dreams    4. So Far, So Close    5. Christmas Socks    6. Beauty and the Beast    7. Jungle Glide    8. Zingaro    9. The Gross Man

Musicians:      David Liebman - tenor saxophone    Vic Juris - guitar    Phil Markowitz - keyboards    Tony Marino - bass    Jamey Haddad - drums    Café - percussion false