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recommends that new audiences do what musicians do: listen without prejudging what “jazz”
music is or is not.
In May 2015, the trio celebrated the release of its first CD on Line Art Records at a performance at
Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn, NY with special guests poet Mark Weber and bassist Ken Filiano.
One of Weber’s poems is included on the inside cover of the CD. “Mark has been a champion of
New Music and our trio since its inception,” say Payne. “His poetry and our music are a complete
match. Our lives and music have been enriched by his presence.”
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In an October 2015 review for CADENCE Magazine, Marc Medwin decribes the CD as “superb,
capturing the perfect environment for this supremely sensitive trio, from whom I hope we hear a
lot more.” Visual artist Jeff Schlanger’s performance paintings include one of the Payne Lindal
Liebowitz Trio (see page 14-15), and Payne has referred to Schlanger as the fourth performer in
the trio. “Jeff has a heart as big as his paintings are beautiful,” says Payne. “His paintings always
capture the energy of the moment. Our music and his art are one.”
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Today Bill Payne works full-time in Las Vegas and continues to play in venues around the country.
He acknowledges that it is often challenging for the trio to play together living in Las Vegas, New
York City and Stockholm. Carol Liebowitz and Eva Lindal will perform with violinist Anna Lindal
and tenor saxophonist Birgitta Flick at Khimaira in Stockholm, Sweden on November 9, 2015. The
next event for the Payne Lindal Liebowitz Trio will be a performance at The Outpost in
Alburquerque, New Mexico in early May 2016.