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Marc Copland Quartet: Dreaming
by Alberto Bazzurro
Si pone per così dire al centro del guado questo quartetto del settantaseienne pianista di Filadelfia Marc Copland, qui (il quartetto) al suo secondo album dopo Someday (2022, stessa etichetta). Il guado è la centralità dell'idioma jazzistico proposto, in bilico (in equilibrio, forse più correttamente) fra rispetto per il déjà écouté, tratti originali e sete di ricerca. Qui, magari, le percentuali pendono più verso il primo aspetto che verso gli altri due, però tutto è condotto in porto con estremo ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Jazz man Marc Copland is known primarily for his piano albums, solo and trio outings. He is considered by some, rightly so, as the premier jazz pianist of our day, closer to the supple touch and refined harmony of Bill Evans than the bouncing, joyous near-bombast of Bud Powell. But he is no stranger to playing with horns, teaming with trumpeter Ralph Alessi on Zenith (InnerVoice Jazz, 2015), saxophonist Dave Liebman on Contact (Pirouet Records, 2015) and saxophonist Greg Osby ...
Continue ReadingMarc Copland Quartet: Someday
by Dan McClenaghan
Marc Copland is a former saxophonist who found his instrument artistically confining for the purposes of expressing his vision. So he called on his childhood piano training (synaptic memories intact) to make the switch to the keyboard. The results have been magic. His artistry with the 88s is second only to the late Bill Evans, and an argument for his surpassing of Evans could be made. His discography boasts more than forty albums as a leader, beginning in 1988 with ...
Continue ReadingVerheyen, Copland, van der Feen, McPherson Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
Robin Verheyen can switch effortlessly between jazz, rock and Bach, but concentrates on acoustic improvisation with his New York quartet. The Flemish saxophonist performed recently at the BIMHUIS, accompanied by his band TaxiWars, which features dEUS frontman and cult indie legend Tom Barman. Verheyen lived in Brussels and Paris before moving to New York, where he is making waves for, among other things, his collaborations with some of the greats of improvisation, such as Marc Copland, Gary Peacock ...
Continue ReadingRobin Verheyen: When The Birds Leave
by Don Phipps
Saxophonist Robin Verheyen exhibits a range of musical emotions on his album When the Birds Leave. Backed by an empathetic rhythm section of top-notch players (pianist Marc Copland, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Billy Hart), Verheyen explores a group of ebullient, introspective, and sometimes challenging compositions. Verheyen is capable of great expressiveness with his saxophone. The album begins with his composition “Rest Mode," a track that implies a shade of mystery. The sax solo poses questions that are ...
Continue ReadingNarcissus: No. 2
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il quartetto belga/olandese Narcissus, che in questo lavoro specifico ospita in due brani il chitarrista argentino Guillermo Celano, pratica un jazz sofficemente antigrazioso, di temperatura spesso cameristica, comunque generalmente quieta, pacata. Le geometrie interne ne risultano premiate in fatto di chiarezza e leggibilità, abbracciando ora un eloquio più discorsivo ("Entre les étoiles"), ora più aereo e sognante ("In Opening"). Eleganza e ariosità non fanno del resto difetto in nessuno dei tredici brani complessivi (a paradigma del totale può esser preso ...
Continue ReadingRobin Verheyen: Painting Space
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il giovane sassofonista belga Robin Verheyen, vincitore all'età di venticinque anni del prestigioso Django D'Or, è accompagnato in questo suo secondo lavoro da leader da un trio d'eccezione. Una ritmica affiatata, Remi Vignolo al contrabbasso, Dre Pallemaerts alla batteria, e una pianista sofisticato, dal talento, non sempre riconosciuto in tutta la sua portata, come Bill Carrothers. Con partners di questo livello, Verheyen riesce ad esprimere al meglio le sue qualità di sassofonista - etereo al soprano, incisivo e geometrico al ...
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