Lieb Plays the Beatles

Release Date: 18th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: DBCHR74558
Label: Daybreak
Length: 63 minutes

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Lennon & McCartney: Medley: She's Leaving Home / Let It Be

Work length5:41

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Harrison, G: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Work length6:10

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Lennon, J: Because

Work length5:28

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

McCartney: The Fool on the Hill

Work length5:15

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

McCartney: That Means a Lot

Work length6:05

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Lennon, J: If I Fell

Work length3:40

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Harrison, G: Within You Without You

Work length6:28

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Harrison, G: Something

Work length2:16

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

McCartney: Blackbird

Work length3:02

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

John Lennon, George Harrison: Medley: Tomorrow Never Knows / Blue Jay Way / Love Me Do

Work length3:32

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

Lennon, J: Julia

Work length4:21

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

McCartney: Medley: She's a Woman / Lady Madonna

Work length7:20

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

McCartney: And I Love Her

Work length4:14

Eric Ineke, Marius Beets, David Liebman, John Ruocco

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Even in David Liebman's eclectic career, 'Lieb Plays The Beatles' is an unusual departure. He explores 17 Beatles songs (including seven that are part of three medleys) with bassist Marius Beets, drummer Eric Ineke, and occasionally guest saxophonist John Roucco. Liebman is one of the world's leading saxophonists and has played with Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, McCoy Tyner and many others.

Among the songs explored and reinvented are "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "The Fool On The Hill" (which features Liebman on piano), "Something" and "Blackbird" (one of the few Beatles songs that could be considered a jazz standard). Rather than play "cover" versions of the tunes that are similar to the original recordings, Liebman often changes the tempos, uses the melody as a departure point for his improvisations, varies the instrumentation (which includes some pieces with just two saxophones), and ends up creating new music. In other words, this is not a "commercial" effort but instead serves as an opportunity for Liebman to dig into the fresh material in unexpected ways.

Personnel: David Liebman (soprano and tenor saxophones, piano, wooden flute), John Ruocco (tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet), Marius Beets (bass), Eric Ineke (drums)

"Liebman is among the most important saxophonists in contemporary music...a leader and artist of integrity and independent direction." - Downbeat Magazine

Lieb Plays the Beatles

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