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Marc Copland/John Abercrombie/Kenny Wheeler: Brand New

by Glenn Astarita
April 9, 2005

The trio's second release for this Dutch jazz record label rings something akin to enjoying one of life's guilty pleasures. On this effort, highly-regarded pianist Marc Copland realigns with two modern jazz heroes, trumpeter/flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler and guitarist John Abercrombie. And it's clearly about like-minded peers merging their distinct voices for a unification of the jazz spirit. The artists' classy enactments are constructed upon linear motifs, counterbalanced by diminutive choruses and soaring melody lines. The respective musicians contribute self-penned works, ...

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Marc Copland/John Abercrombie/Kenny Wheeler: Brand New

by John Kelman
April 7, 2005

On the second of two albums to be issued in the same month--the first being his Hatology solo disc Time Within Time--pianist Marc Copland reprises the marvellously intuitive and subtly adventurous trio that released That's for Sure in '01. Copland's relationship with guitarist John Abercrombie dates back thirty years, and while his teaming with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is more recent, it sounds like they've been playing together just as long. With a few European tours behind them since the release ...

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Marc Copland/John Abercrombie/Kenny Wheeler: That's for Sure

Read "That's for Sure" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan
April 12, 2002

The Netherlands-based Challenge label has brought together three masters of the art of harmonious jazz. While overall the album leans toward the avant-garde side of the genre, these e three protagonists are wise enough to make their music sufficiently accessible so that the regular run of the mill jazz fan, as well as those more advanced, can get equal pleasure from it. Kenny Wheeler's “Neba" for example, is a lovely ballad where the trumpet plays slightly off center adding a ...