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Perhaps you glance quickly at the song titles on the back cover and haphazardly say to yourself or your phone or your new imaginary friend “What?!”Afro-Blue” again?” and just as…

****(*) Pianist Marc Copland has an uncanny way of inhabiting a tune, working his way through it from the inside out while exploring new harmonic possibilities along the way. And…

**** (*) In any discussion concerning the best of the modern piano trios in jazz, Marc Copland‘s name has to come up. Pianist Copland—who, oddly, began his jazz career as a…

Diese Musik groovt auf ungewohnte Art. In der Aufnahme dieses Trios schleichen sich manche Stücke subtil an. Man darf ein bisschen rätseln. Was ist das nochmal? Ein faszinierend feinstrukturierter Drive,…

Marc Copland & Daniel Schläppi Aliceʼs Wonderland (Catwalk/Harmonia Mundi) Kategorie: modern In der mittlerweile dritten Auflage des Duos mit dem Schweizer Bassisten Daniel Schläppi klingt Copland voller und nicht mehr…

Marc Copland And I Love Her (Illusions Mirage/NRW) Kategorie: modern Dass sich Marc Copland und seine kongenialen Partner Drew Gress und Joey Baron einige Gassenhauer der anspruchsvollen Popmusik zu Gemüte…

Un trio superlatif que celui du pianiste Marc Copland : au milieu de leurs propres compositions, dont une extraordinaire impro collective, “Mitzi&Johnny”, ils glissent quelques standards fameux, de l’“Afro Blue”…

In a recording studio somewhere, the drummer drops into a groove: a ghost of a backbeat; a shuffling, even quavered, funky vibe, punctuated by propulsive kicks. Joey Baron has got their attention. Drew…

∗∗∗∗½ There was a time when Marc Copland was releasing multiple albums every year, sometimes as many as three or four, like in 2009, when the veteran pianist (who began…

Any trio of Marc Copland’s is going to be an entity comprised of not simply a pianist, but of a magical rhythm section which devotes itself to constantly surprising forms…