Marc Copland Quartet - Dreaming

The Marc Copland Quartet’s first album had met with unanimous enthusiasm on its release in 2022: “Someday, one of the finest quartet recordings of recent years.

com, United States With Dreaming, how could the group surpass its previous creation? “We haven’t really changed our approach, because Someday represented who we are,” explains Copland.

“We listen to each other, we give each other space and the music gives us space, and we feel where the music wants to take us before we launch.

That said, we are pushing harmonic boundaries, particularly in the two difficult pieces by Drew Gress; adding a free ballad by Robin Verheyen; adding overlapping rhythms, as in All That’s Left; deepening the intensity of the interaction” Marc Copland is a pianist and composer whose output as a leader is astonishing: more than 40 critically acclaimed CDs, in solo, duo, trio, quartet and quintet settings.

The albums, recorded for more than ten different labels, feature major voices of jazz past and present: John Abercrombie, Ralph Alessi, Joey Baron, Mike Brecker, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers, Mark Ferber, Billy Hart, Dave Liebman, Victor Lewis, Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Gary Peacock, Bill Stewart, Robin Verheyen, Ken Wheeler and others.

Copland keeps on developing: “I’ve never seen anything like it,” says saxophonist Robin Verheyen. “He is a source of inspiration, constantly offering new ideas and new sounds.