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Carol Liebowitz / Nick Lyons
Carol Liebowitz / Nick Lyons: First Set
by Jerome Wilson
The improvising legacy of Lennie Tristano continues to this day. It went through his student, the late Connie Crothers and it continues in this live set by two musicians she influenced, pianist Carol Liebowitz and saxophonist Nick Lyons recorded at Crothers' loft in 2012. This duo does, in the old Tristano fashion, improvising rooted in standards though you have to listen very closely to detect the skeletons of “You Stepped Out Of A Dream" in “Carol's Dream" or ...
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by Roger Farbey
The first seven tracks presented here emanate from a series of live concerts performed in 2012, the final number “Another Time" being studio-recorded in 2007. The live concerts took place in front of an audience in the loft of Connie Crothers under whom Carol Liebowitz studied piano. This improvisational pair recalls the duo performances of Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron in style and intensity and despite Nick Lyons playing alto saxophone as opposed to soprano, the comparison still ...
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Carol Liebowitz / Nick Lyons
