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Marc Copland Trio: Haunted Heart
by AAJ Italy Staff
Piano-trio niente male per essere il disco di un sassofonista. Scherzi a parte, Marc Copland mosse i suoi primi passi da professionista registrando alcuni dischi al sax contralto e suonando nella band di Chico Hamilton. Solo a metà degli Anni Settanta, trasferitosi a New York, abbandona lo strumento degli esordi per dedicarsi completamente al pianoforte. Forse proprio un percorso così atipico ha contribuito a creare uno stile originale, inclassificabile, dove la sensibilità di tocco si accompagna ad arditezze armoniche, la ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland Trio: Cafe Paradiso, Ottawa, Canada
by John Kelman
Marc Copland Trio Café Paradiso Ottawa, Canada February 27, 2010
Running a jazz club in a town where the scene is, in relative terms, marginal at best is a constantly risky proposition, but over the past several years Alex Demianenko's Café Paradiso has become an institution in Ottawa, where fine dining meets jazz on a local, national and international level. On Saturday, February 27, Demianbenko hosted a trio that was supposed to be ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Alone
by Edward Blanco
Pianist Marc Copland goes it Alone with his first solo album on the German Pirouet label and the follow-up to his highly regarded Hatology solo disc, Time Within Time (2005). Alone follows the last of his New York Trio recordings Night Whispers (2009), where the pianist was joined by bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart; and his most recent duet of 13 soft impressionistic pieces with fellow Pirouet recording artist, bassist Gary Peacock, Insight (2009). After performing with the ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Solo and Duo
by Joel Roberts
Marc Copland Alone Pirouet 2009 Gary Peacock/Marc Copland Insight Pirouet 2009 There's a reason, perhaps, that Marc Copland doesn't get the acclaim he deserves as one of the masters of modern jazz piano. Copland's strengths are subtle ones that require careful listening. A deeply reflective artist, Copland doesn't play loud or fast or swing ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Alone
by Dan McClenaghan
With solo piano, the pure essence of the musician's artistry is revealed. In the case of Marc Copland's Alone, that revelation is enthralling.Copland has risen to the lightly populated top tier of jazz pianists on the strength of his three profile-boosting New York Trio albums, with shifting line-ups including bassists Gary Peacock and Drew Gress, and drummers Paul Motian and Bill Stewart. Copland's style is characterized by an inward feel, an obliqueness--especially on his original tunes--and a complexity ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Alone
by John Kelman
Following a couple of years where, uncharacteristically, he's released but a single recording, pianist Marc Copland returns to his usual, prolific self with Alone, his third 2009 album following the conclusion to his New York Trio Recordings trilogy, Vol. 3: Night Whispers, and Insight, his dark, intimate duet record with bassist Gary Peacock. Like the other two, Alone is also on the German Pirouet label, and the fact that Copland has parked his car permanently at Pirouet headquarters is no ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland: Another Place / Night Whispers
by Francis Lo Kee
Marc Copland Another Place Pirouet Records 2008 Marc Copland New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 3: Night Whispers Pirouet Records 2008
The prolific pianist Marc Copland continues the trend of high quality music that he and Pirouet release with two more immaculately recorded CDs. Another Place features John Abercrombie ...
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