Educational Articles

Jazz History and Related Topics

• Miles and Me
• Liebman's Liner Notes on the Reissues of Miles Davis' "Dark Magus" and "Get Up With It"
• Elvin Jones Boxed Set: "The Blue Note Years"
• Compositional Style of Joe Henderson
• Miles Davis' Approach to the Jazz Standards
• On "Hub Tones" (Freddie Hubbard) Upon His Passing
• Motion - comment on classic Lee Konitz recording with Elvin Jones from '60s
• Remembering The Master - Saxophone Guru Joe Allard
• On John Coltrane (lecture)

Specific Pedagogical Topics

• Thesis on Liebman Chromatic Style-Matt Vashlishan Master Thesis
• Reflections on the Artistic Process
• A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Melody and Harmony-brief overview
• Examples of Chromatic Lines
• John Coltrane's Meditations Suite - A Study in Symmetry
• Lessons from the Greats-Liebman Chapter On Miscellaneous Topics
• Practicing Philosophy
• Jazz Rhythm
• A Student Asks: General Questions from a Student
• Finding Oneself - The Road to Self Discovery
• Assorted ii-V Lines in major (12 keys)
• The Complete Transcription Process
• Assorted ii-V Lines in minor (12 keys)

Jazz Education

• Philosophy of Education
• Why Jazz Education?
• What Makes a Well-Rounded Jazz Education?
• The "Ideal" Jazz Education-short summary

Liebman Related Topics

• Free Life Communication-about the cooperative Lieb formed in 1970
• The Compositional Process
• My Body Of Music
• Straight Talk: Understanding The Common Qualities That Artists Possess
• What Jazz Means to Me
• "Blindfold Test"-comments about recordings before and after listening
• The "Desert Island Question"-Top Ten Recordings and Most Influential Tracks on My Development

Saxophone

• Playing Solo Saxophone: Specific Considerations
• Principals of Breathing
• Overtone Warmup Excercises
• My Journey With The Soprano Saxophone
• Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound (introduction to book)
• The Search for Nirvana: The Perfect Mouthpiece

Miscellaneous

• "If I Had Ten Million in the Bank": Concerning Art vs.Commerce
• The Relevence of Big Bands
• The Ballad Challenge
• The Critic Dilemma: Criticism vs. Review
• The Meaning of the Blues
• Is More Better?: Programming Pop Music At Jazz Festivals
• A Short Explanation of the Fusion Movement
• Playing with Your Brother/Sister: Considerations of playing with someone on your instrument
• Europe and its Role in Jazz
• The Liebman World Survey