The Opal Heart

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The Opal Heart
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Studio album by David Liebman Quartet featuring Mike Nock
Released 1979
Recorded February 21-22, 1979
Studio Earth Media, Sydney, Australia
Genre Jazz
Length42:09
Label 44
6357 726
Producer Horst Liepolt
David Liebman chronology
Omerta
(1978)		The Opal Heart
(1979)		 Doin' It Again
(1979)

The Opal Heart is an album by saxophonist David Liebman which was recorded in Australia in 1979 and originally released on the Australian label, 44 Records, before being rereleased in the US on Inner City then on CD by the German-based Enja label in 1996. [1] [2] [3]

Dave Liebman American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist

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Track listing

All compositions by David Liebman except where noted

  1. "Sunburst" (Ron McClure) – 9:04
  2. "Port Ligat" – 7:59
  3. "The Opal Hearted Aborigine" – 6:07
  4. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 7:47
  5. "Star Crossed Lovers" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 4:04
  6. "Down Under" (McClure) – 7:08

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

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Soprano saxophone the third smallest member of the saxophone family

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References

  1. ↑ Dave Liebman catalog, accessed September 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Enja Records discography, accessed September 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Dave Liebman discography, accessed September 15, 2017
  4. ↑ Dave Liebman: The Opal Heart – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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