David Liebman

Musically conversing with the spoken word is quite a challenge, even more than with a dancer or painter. There are the words and images and then there is the delivery by, in this case, the poet himself. My reactions are probably not much different than anyone else’s would be when hearing an expression or phrase, but to translate that into the horn or other instruments is quite daunting. For this project, my old friend Richie Beirach was around and joined us, another Brooklyn Jewish guy from the same hood. The title poem truly depicts our life in 1950/60s’s Brooklyn, NY…with all its irony, pathos and joy. This was quite a meeting portraying a host of emotions from the three of us. - Dave Liebman

PERSONNEL:

• RICHIE BEIRACH, piano
• STEVE DALACHINSKY, vocal
• DAVE LIEBMAN, tenor & soprano sax

Recorded on December 22nd 2011 at Leon Lee Dorsey studio, New York.

TRACKS:

• 01. The Fallout Of Dreams
• 02. Carry On Clarion
• 03. For All Player (For Steve Lacy) / The Seasons (For Jasper Johns)
• 04. Cosmic (For Jim Brodey)
• 05. Gustave Moreau / Strangers On A Train
• 06. Jackson Pollock's Early Notebooks
• 07. The Breath (For Evan Parker)
• 08. The Leaves Are Changing (For Jack Kerouac)
• 09. Magical Realism / La Fenice
• 10. Billie Holiday / Elian-Oleo
• 11. The Lynching
• 12. Breakfast / Back 1-4 Matisse / For Jackson Mac Low
• 13. Possessed
• 14. The Origin Of A Species / Minority-Seniority-Sonority / The Bill Has Been Paid Medley