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I did some cable TV programming . . . anything that had to do with videotaping. "It was growing but I just decided it wasn't what I wanted to do," he said. "I think I was too wrapped up in the trappings of business .. . I just wanted to get back into my blue jeans and play some jazz." Instead, Liebman returned to school and chose the pro- gram at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., where he would spend the next 21/2 years pursuing his Master of Music degree. He began work- ing three days after he moved in. During his first semester, Liebman met Sammi Siegel, a bass clarinet player and music therapist, on the steps of a concert hall where both were performing. After a courtship of a few years, they married. They have a son, Joshua Michael. His in-laws were eager for Liebman to join their business, but it wasn't his area of interest. "Here I was, eight hours a day on the floor of a retail store, selling sleeping bags, tents and hiking boots," Liebman said. "It just wasn't for ma" The same day he left thd business he got an invitation to play in South America and the promise of work in New York and Los Angeles. "That's when I got started playing all the Latin music," he recalled. Liebman has amassed many professional credits. He per- formed with Fran Warren, toured the Caribbean on a cruise ship with jazz clarinetist Buddy De Franko, worked with comedian Jackie Mason and his all-star line-up on Miami Beach, accompanied Jerry Vale, Eddie Fisher, Ear- tha Kitt, Donald O'Connor, George Kirby, Jim Bailey, Pat- ty Andrews and the Ink Spots. He also performed at Madison Square Garden with Libertad Lararque, an Argen- tinian tango singer, and again with Braulio at Universal Studios in Los Angeles and on tours in South America and the Dominican Republic. He p:ayed additional stints at Madison Square Garden with Miguel Gallardo, an RCA recording artist from Spain. Last year, he performed at the Miss Honduras Pageant, Former Detroiter Liebman has performed with a variety of musical stars. again with Braulio. He played at a 100th birthday party for Broadway producer George Abbot, along with theater notables Dina Merril, Jose Ferrer, Hal Prince and Kitty Carlisle. Liebman's musical arrange- ment for "Miami Vice's" Saundra Santiago was per- formed on "The Late Show with Joan Rivers." He arrang- ed music for Doc Severinson and the Ibnight Show Band and actress/vocalist Roz Ryan. When he's not on the road, he keeps busy around Miami playing club dates, big shows and condo shows. "Some- times," Liebman said, "I can play a club date or a show in the evening and then rush downtown or to Little Havana to do a Latin show, which won't start until 1 or 1:30 a.m. Sometimes I'm able to do as many as eight or nine gigs a week that way." "Getting work is oftan a matter of who you know," Liebman insists. "If someone's producing a record or putting together a job, he's going to call his guys. Fortunately, I have such con- nections." Liebman aspires to be a well-rounded studio musician. In Miami, his studio work has included demos, concerts and some radio and TV 'Ib main- tain the competitive edge, he has put together a studio in his house and is working to master the entire electronic aspect of music. Since he also composes music, he is putting his original pieces into the computer, utilizing the elec- tronic gadgetry, mixing dif- ferent sounds, adding the drum machine — and even printing lead sheets and scores on his printer. The Liebmans are members of Ibmple Samu-El-Or-Olom and, as much as possible at holiday time, they travel to Southfield to join relatives. In their spare time, they at- tend concerts, wander around Coconut Grove and enjoy Josh. Liebman works out and runs and recently participated in the Orange Bowl 10,000 Meter Race as well as the Purim Run at the Mimai Jewish Center. Looking ahead to the winter season, Liebman is already booked for a five-week engage- ment, playing in the pit or- chestra for the classical Broad- way show, Into The Woods. He just turned down an offer of a booking on a four-month cruise to Australia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Liebman recently attended a jazz convention in Los Angeles and is excited about the many contacts he made. "I've got to get out there. We are definitely planning on relocating to California." Liebman is grateful for the success he has gained in his music career. He attributes it to having the right stuff. "I think the real answer to how one is succeeding in this business depends on whether or not you get called back .. . and I've been called back by just about everybody." 0 Poet Heifetz Reads At U-M Hill Street Forum's Celebration of Jewish Arts Series of the University of Michigan B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation will feature poet Julie Heifetz at 8 p.m. Jan. 21, in Green Auditorium at Hillel, 1429 Hill St., Ann Ar- bor. Tickets are available at the U-M Hillel Foundation. Heifetz — poet, psycho- therapist, educator — will present her poetry, including some based on oral histories by Holocaust survivors and liberators, as well as other of her works. She will be accom- panied on piano and guitar by Jim Klueh.