Dave Liebman, multiple Grammy nominee, and recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Lifetime Achievement Award, is internationally renowned, with a career spanning more than 40 years.

He has played with many of the world's greatest jazz artists, including Miles Davis, Chic Correa, Elvin Jones, John McLaughlin and McCoy Tyner.

It is a natural progression for his daughter Lydia, 21, to follow her parents' musical footsteps. Dave is a saxophonist, flutist and pianist. Her mother, Caris Visentin Liebman, is a world-class jazz oboist.

Lydia, a well-respected vocalist and devotee of all things musical, is attending Emerson College, Boston, Mass., where she is General Manager of the college's 24-hour internet radio station, WECB. She also attends the Berklee School of Music.

Lydia joins her father, who returns to Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown, to perform the works of legendary composer Antonio Carlos Jobim in concert, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 18, Rodale Community Room, as part of the Jazz Upstairs Series. Joining them will be guitarist Vic Juris, bassist Tony Martino, drummer Willie Rodriguez, and oboist Caris Visentin.

Lydia, who began playing the piano at age six, says, "I absolutely hated it. I never practiced, and I still hate to practice. I just don't have the attention span, and I went through three teachers until I settled down a little with Sean Besser. It was actually a terrible time in my life, but I continued with it throughout the majority of my early school days, where I began to accompany my school choir a little.

"When I was 10, I was given some opportunities to sing in the church, and began studying with the well-known vocalist Nancy Reed. I had this obsession with Judy Garland, and it was basically my goal to learn all of her music. Soon, I had moved into theater and began studying with Shellie Bransford, a fantastic singer and educator."

Prior to entering college, and throughout her early school days, Lydia starred in musicals, including "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Oklahoma!" At 13, she took part in Camp Broadway, New York City, where she performed in "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Once Upon a Mattress." She thought about studying musical, but living in Delaware Water Gap made jazz an easy transition since it is home to many jazz greats, including her father.

She started to perform around Stroudsburg as a duo with Dave Lentz and at 14 sat in at Birdland with Quest, an all-star group, together from 1984 to 1991 and reuniting in 2005.The group includes her father, drummer Billy Hart, pianist Richie Beach, and bassist Ron McClure.

Says Dave Liebman, "This is a group of peers playing real jazz a la Miles Davis and John Coltrane groups of the 60's."

Dave Liebman released "Circular Dreaming: Quest Plays the Music of Miles 1960's" on ENJA Records, as well as "Surrealist: Dave Lineman with Lewis Porter, and Marc Robot "on Enja Records.

Lydia founded and is CEO of Lydia Liebman Productions, which does promotional work for musicians, and includes the creation of artistic and informational flyers for album releases, events, and concerts as well as social media networking.

Her debut CD, "Familia," was released on Vector Disc, and is Brazilian-oriented, including compositions by Guinga and Filo Machado. Her performance in Allentown is expected to include some of their compositions.