"The world is crazy now, but we have the music to keep us together" Dave Liebman and Jerry González (Madrid, 2018). © Mirian Arbalejo One of the most rewarding experiences that our little four-letters universe can provide is confirming there are still figures who embody all the values and attributes of jazz , beyond the music itself. Anyone who knows him knows that Dave Liebman (New York, 1946) is one of those artists. Even though having the opportunity to meet a NEA Jazz Master —with a myriad of awards that go from a Doctor Honoris Causa to the most renowned honors in interpretation, jazz dissemination, teaching or composition—doesn’t happen every day, the truth is that the value of the encounters with Liebman have nothing to do with his awards or with his name appearing in more than 500 records of various musical genders. His love and commitment to what he does, his support to young musicians, his faith in the dissemination of jazz, his determ...