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The second part of our conversation with Dave Liebman covers his incredible debut as a leader, Lookout Farm (ECM, 1973).…
For over fifty years, Dave Liebman has been at the forefront of musical creativity. Whether his time as a sideman…
Over the past decade, Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD has established itself as a powerful force in creative music. The group initially…
On September 28, 1991, the world lost a musical giant. An artist who, by his own estimation, changed the face…