Reviewed: 2018-12-20
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: “Carol Liebowitz is a specialist in one-on-one improvisation. And we’re not talking about quiet runs through a handful of standards; her duets tend to be collectively improvised, deeply conversational and quite fond of taking risks. Here she records with Birgitta Flick, a German tenor saxophonist, a strongly melodic player whose carefully shaped lines have a wistful lyricism that sometimes verges on melancholy, a sound that balances naturally against Liebowitz’s intricately prodding piano.” - Downbeat
If You Like: Matthew Shipp, David S Ware, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Moon (5:19) – sax starts> midtempo duet> increases in volume & intensity and then mellows to slow duet> fade
2/ Portrait (4:30) – piano starts>, slow build to midtempo duet> quick fade
*3/ Visions (5:14) – sax starts> midtempo duet>builds in volume & intensity, then slows to slow duet> slow fade
*4/ Malita-Malika (for Johanna) – piano starts> slow duet> pause> melody shift> pause> melody shift> slow duet> slow fade
*5/ Hummingbird 4:25) – sax starts> uptempo piano with midtempo saxover the top> slow fade
*6/ Marionette/ September In The Rain (5:04) – sax starts> slow duet b/ ecomes slow song> slow fade
7/ Jasmine (2:15) – piano starts> very slow duet> slow fade
*8/ You Don’t know What Love Is (8:15) – midtempo sax solo starts> slow song> sax solo> piano solo> slow duet> slow song> slow fade
9/ Sensucht (2:45) – piano starts> slow duet> slow fade
10/ Crossed Lines (4:52) – sax starts> slow duet swings up to wild improvisation> slows into a slow sonic duet> swings into an uptempo rocking duet & slows again to fade
11/ Reflections (4:52) - piano starts> slow duet builds to midtempo> slows to fade