Carol Liebowitz, piano and vocals | Bob Field, tenor saxophone
Tracklist: 1. All The Things You Are 2. Secrets, revealed 3. Waves of Blue Intensities Download 4. My Melancholy Baby (with vocals) 5. These Foolish Things 6. Dreamology 7. There Will Never Be Another You 8. Home Free 9. Out of Nowhere 10. All of Me (with vocals) 11. What Is This Thing Called Love
Recording Date: April 13, 1994 at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, NY
“Liebowitz is a rhythmically sophisticated improviser… Field is relaxed no matter what the tempo, favoring a smooth, lyrical tone… The juxtaposition of the new with the traditional is what this duo is all about. It’s an often fascinating combination.” — Carl Baugher, Cadence
“…a liberal-minded and inquisitive jazz listener will find good reasons for repeated play.” — Lois Moody, Jazz News
“Liebowitz and Field mix freely improvised tracks with very loose versions of standards like “Melancholy Baby” and “Out of Nowhere.” … Quite an unusual album, and one worth hearing.” — Chris Kelsy, Jazz Now (on line jazz magazine, New Sounds page, Oct. 1995)
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This wide-ranging duo covers a lot of musical turf. Whether playing a soothing ballad with warm tonalism, as on “These Foolish Things,” or driving an agitated, free excursion like the title track, Liebowitz/Field admirably maintain their balance. Liebowitz is a rhythmically sophisticated improviser who is unafraid of dissonance. Even the more traditional tunes have an occasional jolting edge which infuses them with life. Field is relaxed no matter what the tempo, favoring a smooth, lyrical tone and an orderly, disciplined solo style. Liebowitz also sings in a tart voice not unlike her pianism. The juxtaposition of the new with the traditional is what this duo is all about. It’s an often fascinating combination.
– Carl Baugher, Cadence Vol. 21, No.4, April 1995
Liebowitz and Field mix freely improvised tracks with very loose versions of standards like “Melancholy Baby” and “Out of Nowhere.” Field’s free playing (especially on the standards) is very coherent and eminently lyrical, using the tune’s melodic contours as a guide, while straying somewhat afield of the traditional harmonies. Liebowitz as much as ignores the changes completely. I imagine that she’s playing off the melody as interpreted by Field, probably keeping the harmonic rhythm in mind to a degree, but relying mostly on her musical instincts, which are usually fine. The totally improvised cuts (especially the title track) are an unqualified success, though I wish they’d stretched them out a little more. The tunes are rather too familiar in their original form to stand up to this kind of treatment; the weight of historical expectation lies heavy on every note, which can be a distraction. I suppose had one never heard “All of Me,” however, he or she could easily accept Liebowitz and Field’s rendering as definitive. Quite an unusual album, and one worth hearing.
By Chris Kelsy, Jazz Now (on line jazz magazine, New Sounds page, Oct. 1995)