This is the discography for American jazz musician Dave Liebman.
Discography As leader 1970: Night Scapes with Carvel Six (CBS/Sony, 1975) 1973: First Visit (Philips, 1973) 1974: Lookout Farm (ECM, 1974) 1974: Drum Ode (ECM, 1975) 1975: Sweet Hands (A&M/Horizon, 1975) 1976: Light'n Up, Please! (A&M/Horizon, 1977) 1976-1977: The Last Call (EGO, 1979) 1978: Pendulum (Artists House, 1979) – live 1978?: 8 Originals from the Seventies (JA, 1979) – education primer not playing 1979: The Opal Heart featuring Mike Nock (44, 1979) 1979: Dedications (CMP, 1980) 1979: "Lieb": Close-Up (Contempo Vibrato, 1983) 1979: What It Is (CBS/Sony, 1980) 1980: If They Only Knew (Timeless, 1981) 1981-1982: Solo: Memories, Dreams and Reflections (PM, 1983) 1982: Spirit Renewed with Bob Moses, Eddie Gómez (Owl, 1991) 1984: Picture Show (PM, 1985) 1985: Guided Dream with the Tolvan Big Band (Dragon, 1986) 1985: The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (CMP, 1986) 1987?: Homage to John Coltrane (Owl, 1987) 1988: David Liebman Trio + One (Owl, 1988) 1989: Time Line (Owl, 1990) 1989: The Blessing of The Old, Long Sound (Innowo, 1990) 1990-1991: Classic Ballads (Candid, 1991) 1992?: Looking For The Light (A Tribute To Chet Baker) (CCB, 1992) 1992: Joy: The Music of John Coltrane (Candid, 1993) 1995: Voyage (Evidence, 1996) 1995: John Coltrane's Meditations (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) 1995: Live at MCG (MCG, 2009) – live 1996?: Return of the Tenor: Standards (Double-Time, 1996) 1996: New Vista (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) 1997?: The Elements: Water with Billy Hart, Cecil McBee & Pat Metheny (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) 1999?: Monk's Mood (Double-Time 1999) 2001: In a Mellow Tone (Zoho, 2004) 2001?: The Unknown Jobim (Global Music Network, 2001) 2001?: Liebman Plays Puccini: A Walk in the Clouds (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) 2003?: Conversation (Sunnyside, 2003) 2003?: Beyond the Line (OmniTone, 2003) 2003: Lieb Plays Wilder (Daybreak, 2005) 2004: The Distance Runner (hatOLOGY, 2005) – live at Jazzfestival Willisau 2006?: Back on the Corner (Tone Center, 2006) 2005, 2007: Live, As Always (Mama, 2010) – live compilation 2007?: Blues All Ways (OmniTone, 2007) 2008?: Further Conversations (True Azul, 2008) 2008?: Negative Space (EmArcy, 2008) 2008: Lieb Plays Weill with Jesse Van Ruller (Daybreak, 2009) 2013?: Lieb Plays The Beatles (Daybreak, 2013) 2013: Ceremony (Chesky, 2014) 2013: Samsara (Whaling City Sound, 2014) 2015: The Puzzle (Whaling City Sound, 2015) 2014-16: Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound, 2016)[2CD] – live compilation 2016: Fire (Jazzline, 2018) 2018?: To My Masters (Vaju, 2018)[CDR]
As co-leader 1975: Father Time with Frank Tusa et al. (Enja, 1975) 1975: Forgotten Fantasies with Richie Beirach (Horizon/A&M, 1976) 1978: Mosaic Select: Pendulum - Live At The Village Vanguard with Randy et al. (Mosaic, 2008)[3CD] – live 1978: Omerta with Richie Beirach (Trio, 1978) 1982: Earth Jones with Elvin Jones (Palo Alto, 1982) 1985: Double Edge with Richie Beirach (Storyville, 1987) 1985: The Duo: Live with Richie Beirach (Advance music, 1991) – live 1988?: The Energy of the Chance with Dave Love (Heads Up, 1988) 1998: Suite for Soprano Sax and String Orchestra with Florian Ross (Naxos, 1999) 2001: Cosmos with Abbey Rader (Cadence, 2003) – live 2004: Manhattan Dialogues with Phil Markowitz (Zoho, 2005) 2004: Duologue with Mike Nock (Birdland, 2007) – live 2004: Different But The Same with Ellery Eskelin, Tony Marino, Jim Black (hatOLOGY, 2005) 2005: Flashpoint with Anthony Jackson, Steve Smith, Aydin Esen (Mascot, 2005) 2006: Waters Ashore with Misha Feigin, LaDonna Smith (Trans Museq, 2006) 2009: Quest for Freedom with Richie Beirach (Sunnyside, 2010) – live 2010: Live at Nozart with Robert Landfermann, Pablo Held, Christian Lillinger (Klaeng, 2019) – live 2011: Sketches of Aranjuez with Saudades Jazz Orchestra (PAO, 2015) 2011: The Fallout of Dreams with Steve Dalachinsky (Rogueart, 2014) 2012: Blue Rose with John Stowell (Origin, 2014) 2012: Sound Desire with Romano Pratesi (Dodicilune, 2019) 2013?: Lineage with Michael Stephans (Whaling City Sound, 2013) 2012, 14: Media Luz with Jean-Marie Machado, Claus Stötter, Quatuor Psophos (La Buissonne, 2014) – live 2014?: The Miami Jazz Project with Arthur Barron, Abel Pabon (Zoho, 2014) 2015: Distant Song with Fred Farell (Whaling City Sound, 2018) 2016 Masters In Paris with Martial Solal (Sunnyside, 2020) 2016: The Unknowable with Tatsuya Nakatani, Adam Rudolph (RareNoise, 2018) 2017: Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet with John Stowell (Origin, 2018) 2018: Chi with Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake (RareNoise, 2019) – live 2019?: Four Visions with David Binney, Donny McCaslin, Samuel Blais (Sunnyside, 2019) 2019?: On The Corner Live! with Jeff Coffin, Victor Wooten, Chester Thompson, Chris Walters, James Dasilva (Ear Up, 2019) – live 2019: Journey Around The Truth with (Unknown, 2019) 2019: Mussorgsky Pictures Revisited with Kristjan Randalu (Budapest Music Center, 2020) 2019-20: The Rise Up with Mehmet Ali Sanlikol (Dunya, 2020) 2020: Quint5t with Randy Brecker, Marc Copland, Drew Gress, Joey Baron (InnerVoice Jazz, 2020) 2021: New Now with Tyshawn Sorey, Adam Rudolph (Meta, 2022) – live
As a member
Open Sky (With Bob Moses and Frank Tusa) Open Sky (PM, 1973) – rec. 1972 Spirit in the Sky (PM, 1975)
Zytron (With James Zitro) New Moon In Zytron (Pacific Arts, 1978)
Quest (With Al Foster, Billy Hart, George Mraz, Richard Beirach and Ron McClure) Quest (Trio, 1982) – rec. 1981 Quest II (Storyville, 1986) - Live Midpoint: Quest III (Storyille, 1988) N.Y. Nites: Standards (PAN Music/NEC Avenue, 1988) Natural Selection (Pathfinder/NEC Avenue, 1988) Of One Mind (CMP, 1990) Redemption; Quest Live in Europe (Hatology, 2007) - live Re-Dial - Live In Hamburg (Outnote, 2007) - live Circular Dreaming (enja, 2012) - rec. 2011
Saxophone Summit (With Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker and Ravi Coltrane) Gathering of Spirits (Telarc, 2004) Seraphic Light (Telarc, 2008) – rec. 2007 Visitation (ArtistShare, 2014) – rec. 2011 Street Talk (Enja, 2019) – rec. 2017
New Light (With Gene Perla) Live in Oslo (PM, 2007) – live rec. 2006
The Generations Quartet (As leader with Billy Test, Evan Gregor and Ian Froman) Invitation (Albert Murray/John Aveni, 2021) – rec. 2000
As sideman
With Elvin Jones Genesis (Blue Note, 1971) Merry Go Round (Blue Note, 1972) – rec. 1971 Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1973)[2LP] – live rec. 1972 Mr. Jones (Blue Note, 1973) – rec. 1972 The Main Force (Vanguard, 1976) Live at Carnegie Hall (PM, 2018) – live rec. 1972
With Miles Davis On the Corner (Columbia, 1972) – session of June 1, 1972 only Get Up with It (Columbia, 1974) – compilation. on 2 tracks. Dark Magus (CBS/Sony, 1977) – live rec. 1974 Berlin '73 (Jazz Masters, 1993) – unofficial Black Satin (Jazz Masters, 1994)[2CD] – unofficial Another Bitches Brew (Jazz Door, 1995)[2CD] – unofficial
With John McLaughlin My Goal's Beyond (Douglas, 1971)
With Terumasa Hino Journey to Air (Love, 1970) City Connection (Flying Disc, 1979)
With Vic Juris Music of Alec Wilder (Double-Time, 1996) A Second Look (Mel Bay, 2005)
With Michael Feinberg From Where We Came (Steeplechase Records, 2022)
With Michael Feinberg Blues Variant (Criss Cross Records, 2024)
With Tom Harrell Sail Away (Contemporary, 1989) Visions (Contemporary, 1991) – rec. 1987-90
With Teo Macero Impressions of Charles Mingus (Palo Alto, 1983) Acoustical Suspension (Doctor Jazz, 1985)
With Bob Moses Bittersuite in the Ozone (Mozown, 1975) Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, 1984) – rec. 1983 The Story of Moses (Gramavision, 1987)[2LP]
With others Rez Abbasi, Snake Charmer (Earth Sounds, 2005) Jeff Berlin, In Harmony's Way (M.A.J., 2001) – live rec. 2000 Joanne Brackeen, Pink Elephant Magic (Arkadia Jazz, 1999) Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Tim Hagans, The Avatar Sessions (Fuzzy Music, 2009) Linc Chamberland, A Place Within (Muse, 1977) Jimmy Cobb, So Nobody Else Can Hear (Contempo Vibrato, 1983) – rec. 1981 Aydin Esen, Anadolu (Columbia/Sony, 1992) Charles Evans, Subliminal Leaps (More Is More, 2013) Michael Franks, Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros., 1979) – rec. 1978 Al Foster, Mr. Foster (Better Days, 1979) Kip Hanrahan, Coup De Tete (American Clave, 1981) Billy Hart, Rah (Gramavision, 1988) Phil Haynes, No Fast Food (CornerStoreJazz, 2014) Conrad Herwig, New York Breed (Double-Time, 1996) John Hollenbeck, No Images (CRI/Blueshift, 2001) Nobuyoshi Ino, Mountain (Nippon Columbia, 1981) David Kane, Drew Gress, Tony Martucci, Machinery of the Night (Magellan, 2006) Ryo Kawasaki Group, Nature's Revenge (MPS, 1978) Masabumi Kikuchi, Susto (CBS/Sony, 1981) – rec. 1980-81 Abbey Lincoln, People in Me (Philips, 1973) Steve Masakowski, Mars (Prescription, 1983) McGill Jazz Ensemble Day and Night (McGill, 1988) Jill McManus Symbols of Hopi (Concord Jazz, 1984) – rec. 1983 Arnon Palty, Treasure Map (JazZone, 2012) Erin McDougald, Outside the Soiree (Miles High, 2017) Nellie McKay, Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse, 2007) Jill McManus, Symbols of Hopi (Concord Jazz, 1984) Robert Musso, Innermedium (DIW, 1999) Esther Phillips, From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu, 1971) Abbey Rader, Inner Voices (Abray, 1997) Pete La Roca, SwingTime, SwingTime (Blue Note, 1997) Badal Roy, Passing Dreams (Geetika, 2002) Masahiko Satoh, All-In All-Out (CBS/Sony, 1979) John Scofield, Who's Who? (Arista Novus, 1979) John Stowell, The Banff Sessions (Origin, 2002) Ten Wheel Drive, Brief Replies (Polydor, 1970) Fred Tompkins, Somesville (F.K.T., 1975) T-Square and Friends, Miss You in New York (Sony, 1995) Kazumi Watanabe, Dogatana (Denon, 1981)
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