Liebman/Jackson/Stern "Back On The Corner"

Liebman/Jackson/Stern "Back On The Corner"

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Liebman/Jackson/Stern
Back On The Corner
The Story
Multi-instrumentalist Dave Liebman writes about his new Tone Center recording "Back On The Corner", "It happens to be that the first music I liked as a kid growing up in Brooklyn, NY was '50s rock 'n' roll with the tenor sax front and center as the main soloing instrument (stylistically bowing with more than a nod to the rhythm and blues honking style), before I heard Coltrane and jazz. So playing Miles' music was sort of a natural extension for me. This recording celebrates those musical roots as well as a look back to Miles Davis' 1972 "On The Corner" recording. To make it a bit different and unique I decided to double up the bass and guitar chairs, adding Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar) and former Miles sideman, Mike Stern on guitar." "Back On The Corner" is divided into 11 distinct tracks, but really is a concept album at heart, and functions as a unified whole, from the first track "5th Street" to the closing cut "J.B."
The Music
07:42 5th Street Instrumental
08:11 Ife Instrumental
01:24 Bass Interlude Instrumental
05:25 Black Satin Instrumental
07:45 Bella Instrumental
01:32 Drum Interlude Instrumental
07:37 New Mambo Instrumental
01:52 Acoustic Guitar Interlude Instrumental
07:34 Mesa D'Espana Instrumental
01:30 Electric Guitar Interlude Instrumental
10:36 J.B. Meets Sly/5th Street Reprise Instrumental
The Artists
Mike Stern Electric Guitar
Vic Juris Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Anthony Jackson Contrabass
Dave Liebman Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Piano, Synthesizer, Wooden Flute, Liner Notes, Production
Tony Marino Acoustic, Electric and Stick Basses
Marko Marcinko Drums, Percussion, Keyboard Programming on "Bela"
John Fishel Engineering, Mixing
Recorded at Bennett Studios, Tenafly, N.J., June 12, 14 2006.