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Marc Copeland with Drew Gress & Bill Stewart
"Night Whispers"
www.marccopland.com
NY pianist Marc Copeland has done it again. This disc is the
New York Trio Recordings series Vol. 3. (See Vol's 1 & 2 for
more of Marc with Gary Peacock, Bill Stewart and Paul Motion).
You don't hear jazz musicians operating at this caliber in your local
jazz club very often (unless you live in NYC, of course). This
music displays the sensitivity of Bill Evans Trio and is every bit as
masterful in approach. (or, for another comparison, a personal favorite
which many are not familiar with in the US with John Taylor, Palle
Danielson and Peter Erskine).
I cannot say enough here about the musicianship captured on this
recording. Drew Gress is world class and a supremely interesting
bass player, Bill Stewart is operating at the level we've come to
expect but is nonetheless always thrilling to behold and Marc Copeland
is just an astonishingly talented player and a musician in every sense
of the word. This trio is endlessly creative and original and
should be listened to from beginning to end at least once (preferably
with head phones on and fully relaxed... pay attention and take
it in). This music doesn't hit you over the head, but rather asks
politely to be invited in. And if you do, you will be blown away.