Dave Liebman
"Leaving space was something you learned by playing next to Miles. Wayne got it too."
Lieb is a thinker. It’s not just that he’s smart, but that he has an infinite curiosity about things that allows him to understand and communicate them with precision and clarity – from his analysis of great players to his advice for getting better on one’s instrument.
Dave mentioned in our conversation that he believes his biggest mark on the world will be as a teacher rather than a performer. Given his great body of recordings, that seems hard to believe, but watch this interview and you’ll see why that might be true.