Jon Liebman
Jon Liebman
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About Jon Liebman
Jon Liebman is a world-renowned, award-winning bassist, composer, arranger, author and educator. He has played electric and acoustic bass in every imaginable setting, from jazz gigs and club dates to full-scale concerts and nationally broadcast radio and TV shows. Jon has performed in many of the world’s major concert venues, including New York’s Madison Square Garden, LA’s Shrine Auditorium and Tokyo’s spectacular Suntory Hall (not to mention bull rings in Central America, amphitheaters in the Caribbean and all kinds of “off-beat” settings across the globe). Throughout the course of a career that began over thirty years ago, Jon has performed and/or toured with a wide range of musical acts, including: Amy Grant, Cleo Laine, Buddy DeFranco, Billy Eckstein, Eartha Kitt, The Drifters, The Platters, The Coasters, The Chiffons, The Ink Spots, The Fifth Dimension, Julio Iglesias, Jose Feliciano, Chita Rivera, Theodore Bikel and countless others. Liebman has performed in the pit orchestras of many Broadway shows, including Dreamgirls, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Golden Boy, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Annie and many others. He’s also supplied the bass tracks for major recording projects for clients which have included Ford, GM and the NBA. Jon has written five books for Hal Leonard Corporation: FUNK BASS, FUNK/FUSION BASS, ROCK BASS, BLUES BASS and his newest release, BASS GROOVES: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION. He is also the author of a book of transcriptions of the music of fellow bassist, Stuart Hamm. Jon’s books have sold over 70,000 copies throughout the world in English, French, German and Japanese. Jon has also worked as a freelance writer and arranger and has had his arrangements performed on The Tonight Show, The Late Show and other programs. For over twenty years, Jon has worked in higher education and currently serves as the Chairman/CEO of the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts in Southfield, Michigan. He is also the current vice chairman of the Career College Association in Washington. In this role, Jon makes frequent trips to our nation’s capital on behalf of career schools and career school students. Liebman is past president of the Michigan Association of Career Colleges & Schools and former chairman of the Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce. In 2005, Jon was appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Higher Education Authority. Jon is a past inductee into Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40” group of rising young businesspeople. In 2008, Jon was named one of the 25 most influential people in the career college sector by Career College Central magazine.
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