Jazz Articles about Claire Cope

About Claire Cope

Radio & Podcasts

This program contains my choices for the best jazz albums of 2025. The artists heard include Claire Cope with Ensemble C, Arturo O'Farrill, Branford Marsalis, Jason Kao Hwang, and Patricia Brennan. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith “Kite" from Defiant Life (ECM) 1:02 Paul Cornish “5AM" from You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note) 9:19 Host Speaks 14:33 ...

Year in Review

Jerome Wilson's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Jerome Wilson
December 26, 2025

Many things in the world were not faring too well in 2025 but jazz music, as always continued to thrive and evolve throughout the year. The music that really caught my ear this year included a number of imaginative and ambitious large ensemble albums and two powerful solo piano sets from veteran artists who are rarely heard from. Claire Cope Every Journey Adhyâropa Records Amina ...

Album Review

Claire Cope: Every Journey

Read "Every Journey" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 11, 2025

Leader di questo progetto è la pianista e compositrice britannica Claire Cope, che ha debuttato cinque anni fa con l'album Small World. Il suo organico ha acquisito un respiro orchestrale passando da sette a undici componenti (con nuovi ottoni e ance) e sostituendo alcuni membri originari. La conferma più significativa è quella della vocalist Brigitte Beraha, che contribuisce a mantenere l'identità stilistica della formazione, anche se il merito principale è ovviamente dovuto alle composizioni e agli arrangiamenti della ...

Radio & Podcasts

Claire Cope: Orchestrating Stories Of Brave Women

by Lawrence Peryer
May 24, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines On British composer Claire Cope.Claire crafts music that combines the freedom of jazz with the precision of classical music, drawing inspiration from women whose stories are often overlooked in history books.Claire's new album Every Journey (Adhyâropa Records, 2025), dropped in March to coincide with International Women's Day. On it, she expanded her original septet to an 11-piece band, giving her more colors to paint with as she tells stories of female explorers ...

Album Review

Claire Cope: Every Journey

Read "Every Journey" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 28, 2025

Consider British pianist, composer/ bandleader Claire Cope. She debuted as a fully formed artist via her excellent septet set Small World (Self Produced, 2020), a deftly crafted classical/jazz hybrid. On her second recording, the album at hand, Every Journey, she employs an eleven-piece ensemble, building on the atmosphere of her debut, painting translucent layerings and weaving a loose net of textures into gorgeous, expansive soundscapes. With composer-bandleader Maria Schneider as a major touchstone, Cope creates luminous arrangements. She cites Schneider's ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ensemble C (Claire Cope), Omar Thomas, and Isaiah Collier

by Jerome Wilson
March 26, 2025

This show features groups such as the Omar Thomas Large Ensemble and Ensemble C led by Claire Cope. It also includes music from Isaiah Collier, Oscar Brown Jr., and Anat Cohen. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 I Am Three & Me “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" from Mingus' Sounds of Love (Leo) 1:00 Graham Collier Music “Pennines in ...

Radio & Podcasts

Claire Cope, Anton Goudsmit, Eleonora Strino, Geraldine Laurent & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 7, 2025

A playlist featuring music that makes you travel--in space and in time--while you stand still.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Anton Goudsmit “Pastéis De Nata" Ton Petit + (Dox) 0:16 Host talks 2:48 Eleonora Strino “21 Marzo" Matilde (CAM Jazz) 4:03 Host talks 10:41 Perceptions Trio “Radio Goose Bumps" The Wicked Crew (Sense) 12:55 Marton Juhasz “Winged Travelers" Metropolis (u n i t) 18:24 Claire Cope Ensemble C ...