A Walk in the Clouds The Elements: Water John Coltrane's Meditations
   
New Vista

 

A Walk In The Clouds: Liebman Plays Puccini

David Liebman - soprano & tenor saxophone
Vic Juris - guitar
Phil Markowitz - keyboards
Tony Marino - bass
Matt Wilson - drums
Jamey Haddad - percussion
Dane Richeson - percussion
Nancy Hambleton-Torrente - cello
Caris Visentin - oboe
Larry Fisher - bassoon
 Sizao Machado - percussion

with special guests:
 Phil Woods - alto saxophone
 Lenora Zenzalai Helm - vocals

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Saxophone virtuoso David Liebman and his group, with special friends Phil Woods, Lenora Zenzalai Helm and others reinvent some of the greatest arias of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) in this unique recording. These turn-of-the century works are updated with a bold vision for the new millennium, resulting in a perfect fusion of classical and jazz. Featuring arias from Madam Butterfly, La Boheme, Turandot and Tosca.
 

The Elements: Water

1. Water: Giver of Life
2. White Caps
3. Heaven's Gift
4. Bass Interlude
5. Reflecting Pool
6. Storm Surge
7. Guitar Interlude
8. Baptismal Font
9. Ebb & Flo
10 Water Theme (reprise)
11 Liebman's reflections on Water
David Liebman - soprano & tenor saxophones, wood flute
Pat Metheny - guitars
Cecil McBee - bass
Billy Hart - drums

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Teaming up with guitar great Pat Metheny, David Liebman explores — through music — the various aspects and facets of water, giver of life and refresher of souls.
 

John Coltrane's Meditations

1. Introduction
2. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
3. Compassion
4. Love
5. Consequences
6. Serenity
David Liebman - tenor saxophone
Vic Juris - guitar
Jamey Haddad - drums, percussion
Phil Markowitz - piano, keyboards
Tony Marino - bass

with special guests:
 Billy Hart - drums
Cecil McBee - bass
Tiger Okoshi - trumpet
Caris Visentin - oboe

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In this 30th anniversary re-creation of John Coltrane's ground-breaking monumental suite, "David Liebman and his self-challenging associates" deliver "a remarkably perceptive and indeed spiritual performance" in which "ordinary time stops and you enter Coltrane time." (Quotes from liner notes by Nat Hentoff.)
 

New Vista

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

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