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Marc Copland and Greg Osby: Night Call
by Clifford Allen
The duet is a difficult beast; depending on the circumstances and the players involved, it can be a powerful display of improvisational ability or a lesser statement. With Night Call, a somewhat low-key but still fairly free-wheeling set of duets, pianist Marc Copland and alto saxophonist Greg Osby have created a rather personal document. Copland began his career working with Chico Hamilton in the 1970s and has since worked regularly with saxophonist Dave Liebman and Osby, among others.
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by John Kelman
A month doesn't go by without a new record from pianist Marc Copland; at least it feels that way. And that's not a bad thing. Copland, by operating within the independent label arena and with a variety of companies, has managed to buck the normal trend that says an artist can't put out more than one album every year or two.
And Copland is one of those rare musicians who, by teaming with an ever-widening group of collaborators, ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Night Call
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Although the piano is my favorite instrument, it can be tricky for me to identify who's playing it. For most pianists, it may take several choruses before I can pinpoint their style or sound; it often comes down to a choice among several similar players. (Reading all those blindfold tests where even The Stars hem and haw, I feel freer to confess this critical fallibility.) In my experience, there's only a small percentage who are so distinctive as to be ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland / Greg Osby: Round and Round
by John Kelman
It has been a busy few years for pianist Marc Copland who has, since 2001, released as many as four albums in a single year. From the solo recording Poetic Motion to group recordings including Haunted Heart and Other Ballads and And"¦ , Copland has continued to hone a style that is marked by profound impressionism and a penchant for dark, brooding material. He has demonstrated an eagerness to explore ongoing musical relationships, as he has with Gary Peacock on ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland/Gary Peacock: What It Says
by John Kelman
With a brooding approach that is nonetheless elegant in its delicacy, pianist Marc Copland teams up for yet another series of outstanding duets, this time with double-bassist Gary Peacock. What It Says represents some of Copland's most impressionistically abstract work and, for Peacock, his most successful duet outing this side of his work with Ralph Towner.
The pairing of Peacock and Copland is not exactly new; Peacock played on Copland's 1998 Savoy date, Softly , albeit in more traditional trio, ...
Continue ReadingDave Liebman/Marc Copland: Bookends
by David Adler
Saxophonist David Liebman and pianist Marc Copland co-led a quartet with bassist Mike McGuirk and drummer Tony Martucci on last year's Lunar. Now they return to hatOLOGY as a duo, developing their impressive rapport over the course of two discs - the first in-studio, the second live, both recorded on the same date.Liebman has done some of his most remarkable work in a piano-horn duo setting, most notably with Richie Beirach, his partner in the bands Lookout Farm ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland - David Liebman Quartet: Lunar
by Glenn Astarita
The co-leaders of this date first met back in the 70's, when pianist Marc Copland's instrument of choice was the saxophone. Whereas the teaming of the pianist's trio with sax great Dave Liebman reflects a natural extension of their fairly recent collaboration at the Santa Fe, New Mexico Jazz Festival. With this release, Copeland brings his elegant touch to the forefront, which is a characteristic that intrinsically complements, his partner's lofty excursions on both tenor and soprano saxophones. ...
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