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Saxophone Technique important voice in many seminal moments in the history of jazz.
Going back, there is his work on the classic album by Elvin Jones, Live
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at the Lighthouse along with Miles Davis’ fusion masterpiece, On the
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As his career developed, Liebman played a major role in developing

the “post-Coltrane” approach to jazz saxophone, along with his
contemporaries such as Michael Brecker, Bob Mintzer, George Garzone
and a few other highly-influential sax players whose passionate
playing style featured technical virtuosity coupled with a highly-
advanced harmonic approach.

Since those early days, he’s gone on to play with just about everyone
under the son, touring with his own groups and as a band member,
and making over 500 recordings, with nearly 300 as leader or co-
leader. And then there was the N.E.A. Jazz Masters Award he was
honored with, not to mention the major contributions he’s made to the
music as a leading educator. Anyhow, I can go on and on, but that’s not
the point here.

The Convo
This is the first of what I hope will be a multi-part series of audio-
recorded conversations I get to have with Dave where he answers
question from readers. I posted to the Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever
Facebook page asking for questions and got quite a few. The good
news is that the questions were very thought-provoking – which is also
the bad news, because it made it difficult to get through them without
going into a bit of depth – which is also the good news…

Anyhow, I’ll just cut to the chase and give you the questions with a
corresponding time marker on the audio for your reference.

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Questions from the Readers:

1. “How do I ‘play and feel’ odd note groupings of 5, 7, or 9? That’s my
biggest ‘failure’ – getting to naturally feel, hear, and play those odd
groupings…” – Pat Carmody
ANSWER AT 1:30

2. “I would be very interested in his concepts of uptempo phrasing

and of course how to practice it.” – Tim Rodig
ANSWER AT 7:40
3. “In the late 70’s I saw Dave Liebman in Australia with Chick Corea,
his band with John Scofield and Terumasa Hino and in duo with
Richie Beirach. He also released Opal Heart with Mike Nock and I
would love to hear his thought on this period and whether he
maintains any relationships with Australia and/or Australian
musicians.” – James Kinnaird
ANSWER AT 15:05

4. “At this point in his career, does he have a warmup routine or any
other concepts that he’s getting into?” – Tom Wise
ANSWER AT 18:40
5. “At this point in his career, when he can do just about anything
musically, how does he choose which projects to work on?” – Paul
Hrycaj
ANSWER AT 20:54

6. “Name some of your favorite albums, any genre.” – Jeffrey RECENT COMMENTS
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If you saw all the questions posted on Facebook, clearly, there were a
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do more of these and get as many of your questions answered as
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Doron Orenstein
I've been playing the sax since the late 80's, but my musical
journey has run quite the gamut. The musical rap sheet includes
tours with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and reggae master Half
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night clubs, gear-drenched studios, and the pinnacle of any musician's career - playing
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Napo Camassa
MAY 15, 2018 @ 4:03 AM

Dear David,Thanks for having me.Just a short message…Can you give

the best tips andmakes, about attached mikes to the bell,reeds
,metal/rubber/ebony mouthpieces,effects,stands and stuff,for my
soprano sax ? Many Thanks Napo Camassa/Zenlo from London UK

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Doron Orenstein
MAY 15, 2018 @ 12:04 PM

Hello there Napo, Doron, the interviewer here. I am not

sure that Dave is monitoring the comments here, but I
just added your question to the list for the next interview.
Thanks for listening!

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