"NY Trios Vol 3 Night Whispers"
with Drew Gress and Bill Stewart
"The strongest top to bottom and most poetic
album I've heard in a while...the most recognizable and individual piano
approach going... Copland and company have delivered a special album." /Down
Beat (USA)
"The piano whisperer."
/Jazz 'n More (Switzerland)
"A
true master of enchantment...This
CD proves anew that Marc Copland is one of the most important pianists of
our time." /Rondo (Germany)
"A modern masterpiece...
Not since Bill
Evans has a pianist so thoroughly exposed himself through his music.
Every understated note or chord is full to the brim with unspoken emotion.
His music is dynamic without exhibitionism or brashness. It builds from some
deep and hidden source that allows him to express himself so beautifully."
/jazz.com (USA)
"You will be blown away...
I cannot say enough here about the musicianship captured on this
recording....Copland is just an astonishingly talented player and a musician
in every sense of the word. This trio is endlessly creative and
original."/bass musician magazine (USA)
"When Marc
Copland plays, your hair lifts off of your arms!! One of jazz piano's hidden
treasures, a true master of our beloved art form." /Cabaretexchange.com
"Spontaneous,
tasteful, goal-driven and now in his prime, Marc Copland’s work has grown to
the point where he is one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation." /jazzreview.com
(USA)
"A watershed, a
career milestone...it would be almost criminal were this group to be but a
one-time affair. "/AAJ.com 2009
"Very modern,
timeless, respectful, mysterious, impressionist...has revived the piano
trio, and with Night Whispers created another masterpiece."/Jazz Podium
(Germany)
"The most
exciting and versatile contemporary jazz pianist...."/Jazzzeit (Austria)
"It’s jazz at
its absolute finest."/jazzreview.com
"His harmonic
ingenuity is amazing....Copland is rightly considered one of the most
important jazz pianists of the decade.."/Dresden
Morning Post (Germany)
"An introverted
genius, intuition leads him everywhere...a highly sensitive musician, a
totally independent harmonic concept.
Despite previous great recordings with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, the
current trio with Bill Stewart and Drew Gress seems to be his ultimate dream
team--the three work together perfectly."/Jazz Thing (Germany)
"I don't know
about you, but I love the unexpected. Taking a musical masterpiece to
places previously unkown is the sign of someone unsatisfied with playing by
rote. Copland and his New York Trio take this music out for a long and
rewarding walk. I suggest you tag along."/jazz.com (USA)
"This
multifaceted album proves that Copland is rightly considered one of the most
important jazz pianists of this decade."/Jazz Zeitung (Germany)
"Five
stars....Copland, Gress and Stewart are masters of fine nuances." /Concerto
(Germany)
"finds him
at another career high point... contemporary and deeply personal"/AAJ.com
2008
Marc
Copland is a Wild West pioneer quietly redefining jazz piano and the art of
the trio on the cutting edge.." /Allaboutjazz.com,2008
"This
is a pianist with a probingly original mind... full of interesting twists
and turns yet flowing as incessantly onward as the jazz piano trio tradition
itself—which Marc Copland continues to enrich with each new release."/jazz.com
2008
"Copland is the perfect leader in every moment.
His accompaniments, so complex and just as captivating as his
solos, infect his personality in every second and transform him into the
kind of captain who commands the crew without commanding and who runs the
ship just by being there."/Cuadernos de Jazz (Spain), 2008.
"A monument of
impeccable sophistication, this album has what it takes to make the listings
of best album of the year."/Jazz.pt,(Portugal), 2008"
"Jazz
the way it was meant to be...makes one realize how ordinary, how formulaic,
so much of the rest of today's music has become….these guys don't need a
leader." /Boston Globe (USA), 2007
"Ne cherchez
plus, l'art du trio, c'est ca. Look no further for the art of the
trio, this is it."/Jazz Magazine (Fr), 2006
" Best Acoustic Pianist of 2007." /Tribuna da Imprensa (Brasil)
" Best Acoustic Pianist of 2006." /Tribuna da Imprensa (Brasil)
"La rencontre est exceptionelle, la musique miraculeuse. The
encounter is exceptional, the music miraculous."/Jazzman (Fr), 2006
"This first album in the trilogy raises the bar right to the top."/Cuadernos
de Jazz (Spain), 2006
"Classic,
modern, timeless, heartfelt, irreverent, enigmatic, intimate, Modinha is a
CD of the year---this year or any other." /Jazzearredores.blogspot.com (Portugal),
2006
"A veritable poet of the piano."
/Repetoire (France), 2002
"A quiet giant of his instrument...the stuff of legend." /AllAboutJazz.com (USA), 2001
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Marc Copland
"The Piano Whisperer"
photo:
Juan Carlos Hernandez |
"A spellbinder....a true
master of enchantment...he hears sounds no one else does....a probingly
original mind.....jazz as it was meant to be...there is nothing
comparable....the perfect
leader....the poet of the piano....if
you want a romantic lushness there is no one better....a quiet giant of his
instrument....a Wild West pioneer....one
of the most original pianists in jazz....one of the best
contemporary pianists of our time....one of the most distinctive
pianists.....Copland is remarkable....so inventive....one
of the absolute current leaders in contemporary jazz trio….....look
no further for the art of the trio, this is it....perhaps no
better current trio....an exuberant imagination, his
playing has a character all its own....five stars....#1 acoustic pianist....cd
of this year, or any other." |
SOME EARLIER RELEASES:
"Insight"--duos with Gary
Peacock |
"By now, Copland and Peacock
have achieved high priest status in the jazz world....a
masterful and marvelous duo outing." ---AAJ.com (USA)
"Two masters, reciprocal players,
and friends interacting. Peacock is a stellar soloist,
while Copland is one of the most creatively lyrical voices alive
today." ---jazz.chicago.net |
"Modinha"--NY Trios Vol 1 with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart
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"Five stars…There is nothing comparable to the Marc Copland
trio of 2007. What a wonder with such players: homogeneity,
listening, participation, and interplay--the whole is more than
merely the sum of its parts" --Piano News (Germany)
"At this moment, most assuredly one of the most inventive
(trios) there is… the meeting is exceptional, the music
miraculous… " --Jazzman (France)
"A beautiful record." --NY Times (USA)
"Look no further for the art of the trio, this is it." --Jazz
Magazine (France)
"Perhaps no better current trio….not that Copland is a one-trick
pony, but if you want a romantic lushness that is more poetic
than rococo, there is no one better."--Sydney Morning Herald
(Australia) |
Voices: NY Trios Vol 2 with Gary Peacock
and Paul Motian |
"Peacock's
Runner is one of the finest group performances I've heard in a long time.
These are fine albums both, that will grow in stature."
Jazzwise (UK), 2008
"One of the
most original pianists in jazz...harmonically he's unlike anyone else.
This marvelous trio is fresh, assured and independently minded."/Irish
Times, 2007
"A trio of jazz
heavyweights... Voices” goes a long way in cementing this musician's place in
the jazz world as one of the best contemporary pianists of our time."/ejazznews.com
2008
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"Both/And" with Randy Brecker, Ed
Howard, Victor Lewis (Nagel-Heyer) |
"One of the
most distinctive jazz pianists alive....and I doubt if Brecker has ever
played better on record. Sheer pleasure."/Irish Times, 2006
"A meeting
of heavy-weights in every sense of the word."/JazzReview (UK), 2006
"Copland's five originals are stunning...on the sidewinder, Copland and
Brecker break new ground with their improvisations."/AAJ-New York, 2007
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No Choice: Piano duets with
Bill Carrothers |
"A continuous sonic adventure
couched in terms of great beauty, owing as much to classical
influences as to jazz...a
series of variations spellbinding in their inventiveness and compelling in
their sheer poetry of sound...it was a privilege to be there."/Irish Times
(concert review)
"Four f's
(highest rating)...the two pianos sound as one, magnified,
played by a being with four hands one lone head, in a state of high
creativity."/telerama (France)
"These are two of my favorite
pianists....repeated listening will reveal innumerable sonic pleasures."/jazz
magazine (France) |
Solo piano, recorded in Zurich
Radio's concert hall |
"Five Stars...his extraordinary
ability (is) quite unlike that of any other pianist's. He hears
sounds no one else does." /Irish Times (2005)
"Time Within Time ist ein
Meisterwerk" /Rondo (2005, Germany)
"Copland
injects cerebral underpinnings with deep-rooted emotive
characteristics. That unto itself is a tall order for a
musician. Yet, Copland pulls it off in rather poignant fashion
during this quietly penetrating release."/jazzreview.com |
"Some Love Songs," trio with Drew
Gress, Jochen Rueckert |
"Copland is remarkable:
delicately adjusting line and harmony, constantly confounding
expectations, he reconciles surprise with inevitabliity, each
performance balancing logic and lyric beauty."/Irish Times
"This is--in all modesty--art."/Jazz
Magazine (France)
"A perfect recording in every
respect."/JazzMan (France) |
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