Dave Liebman (born on 4 September 1946, Brooklyn, New York) is an American saxophonist and flutist. Liebman is a New Yorker, and a History graduate from New York University. He learned both piano and saxophone as a boy but had no formal
jazz education. In the late sixties he worked with
Pete La Roca,
Chick Corea,
Dave Holland and
Steve Swallow, amongst others, before joining
Elvin Jones's band. In 1972 he was asked to join
Miles Davis's group, and can be heard on Davis's albums
On the Corner,
Big Fun,
Dark Magus, and
Get Up With It (the half-hour opening track
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