NEA Masters of Jazz Award winner, Dave Liebman with the biggest and brightest NYC musicians are back together for an incredible one of a kind, 'earth-shattering' 'homage' to the great, Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 - March 2, 2023). With Dave's fantastic playing, Mats extraordinary arrangements, and the band's realization of the music, this recording is a superb tribute the composer and jazz artist.

Made up of the brightest and most creative New York jazz musicians, everyone is not only well-versed and experienced in the traditional big band performance practices, but each and every one of them are gifted soloists and renowned jazz musicians in their own right. Here, they fall into the 'inside' of familiar tunes from their 'jazz youth' - getting new insights into the works through the intriguing arrangements from Holmquist

What is not obvious until you hear the band is that collectively, the level of musicianship is so high that the band easily breaks the boundaries of the traditional big band. In addition to Dave's compositions and the writer's creative arrangements, the unique sound of the DLBB is also due to how easily the group traverses the line between tonality and atonality; executes dramatic stylistic changes in the moment; and most importantly, can create collaborations of improvised music that are so well-aligned with the compositions that it is hard to tell what is or is not improvised.

WOODWINDS
Gunnar Mossblad, Director, alto & soprano saxophones, flute
Tom Christensen, alto saxophone, flute
Dave Riekenberg, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Tim Ries, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Chris Karlic, baritone saxophone, clarinet

TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN
Bob Millikan
Brian Pareschi
Dave Ballou
Danny Cahn
Patrick Dorian

TROMBONES
Tim Sessions
Scott Reeves (& alto flugelhorn)
Jason Jackson
Jeff Nelson

RHYTHM
Jim Ridl, piano
Vic Juris, guitar
Tony Marino, bass
Marko Marcinko, drums

Track Listing

• Infant Eyes
• Speak No Evil
• Yes or No
• Nerfertitti
• El Gaucho
• Iris
• Black Nile

Additional Details

Label: MAMA Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 40 mins

Release Date: 08/12/14

UPC: 734956104726