Carol Liebowitz is a specialist in one-on-one improvisation. Of the pianist’s seven albums to date, five have been duo projects, mostly with saxophonists. Malita-Malika, recorded with German tenor saxophonist Birgitta Flick, breaks with that model a bit. Flick—who’s probably best known through Flickstick, the quintet she co-leads with German trombonist Lisa Stick—is a strongly melodic player whose carefully shaped lines have a wistful lyricism that sometimes verges on melancholy, a sound that balances so naturally against Liebowitz’s intricately prodding piano. - DownBeat Magazine
