Dave Liebman

David Liebman (born September 4, 1946 Brooklyn, NY) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.

In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). David Liebman was born in 1946 into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. As a child in 1949, he contracted polio.