New release: "Voices" (NY Trios, Vol. 2) with
Gary Peacock and Paul Motian
"Finds Copland
at another career high point... contemporary and deeply personal"/AAJ.com
2008
"One of the
most original pianists injazz...harmonically he's unlike anyone else.
This marvelous trio is fresh, assured and independently minded."/Irish
Times, 2007
"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
"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
"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"
Marc
Copland is a Wild West pioneer quietly redefining jazz piano and the art of
the trio on the cutting edge.." /Allaboutjazz.com,2008
"A trio of jazz
heavyweights... Voices” goes a long way in cementing this musicians place in
the jazz world as one of the best contemporary pianists of our time."/ejazznews.com
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
meeting 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
Jazz Pianist
foto by Konstantin Kern
Coming in 2008: Quartet with John Abercrombie, Drew Gress,
Billy Hart (Pirouet)
RELEASES
FROM 2005/6:
"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 |
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