David Liebman
"Aaron Drake has definitely thought about what makes a good mouthpiece vibrate in a positive way...Excellently crafted and innovative at the same time..."
"David Liebman has the ability to touch the soul eeking from the wayward horn an extraordinary depth of emotion and dramatic range. His cantabile style, as identifiable as a human voice in its emotional tone and dramatic role playing, may in a given solo, conjure up anguish, ecstasy, anger, fear, hilarity or haughtiness. Liebman's music is storytelling of a very high order-form, content, accent, color and mood are all in place, on cue. "
Awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Masters of Jazz (2011); the highest honor granted for jazz in the U.S.