Haunted Heart and Other Ballads

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艺人: Marc Copland
语种: 英语
厂牌: hatHUT
发行时间: 2007年01月30日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

记得在今年一月份的「音响论坛」爵士乐的故事专栏中，曾经将钢琴家 Marc Copland 与低音贝斯手 Gary Peacock 两人合奏的 What It Says 选为二○○四年十大爵士乐专辑之一。 Marc Copland 在 Hat Hut 的作品，并没有这个厂牌的前卫味道，听来十分恬静，充满诗意。原本吹萨克斯风的 Marc Copland ，中年以后才开始弹琴，无论是 Marc Copland and .... ，与萨克斯风手 David Liebman 合作的 Bookend... ，还是 Haunted Heart & Other Ballads ，都可听出他堆迭充满灵性声响的用心。

单是看到曲目中收录了「 My Favorite Things 」、「 Crescent 」、「 Greensleeves 」等作品，不难猜想到 Haunted Heart & Other Ballads 是 Marc Copland 向 John Coltrane 致敬的专辑。说来有趣， Marc Copland 弹琴时使用的 voicing （和声配置）手法，却相当有 Bill Evans 的味道。那种夜晚状似平静，却又隐隐然带著骚动不安的气息，与专辑名称「惑之心」（ Haunted Hearts ）颇为契合。即使只是微调， Marc Copland 在头、中、尾仍以不同的手法来詮释「 My Favorite Things 」，版本虽然都很短，听来却相当有意思

by Judith Schlesinger

Marc Copland has a unique piano approach with instantly recognizable harmonies; a kind of dreamy dissonance that's more gentle than jarring. Listening to his music is like being in a sun-dappled forest glade which is both soothing and mysterious. He's in fine form on this varied material, which includes compositions by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Coltrane, and Sting, as well as something original (the thoughtful, luscious "Dark Territory") and something traditional (a slow, ethereal "Greensleeves"). The CD is cohesively knit together by the ballad theme and with three brief solo meditations on "My Favorite Things," each different and intriguing. Copland pays tribute to John Coltrane (and his own roots as a saxophone player) with the rarely-pianized "Crescent," and swings gently on Sting's "When We Dance." The trio goes boppish on "Soul Eyes," slow and sexy on "It Ain't Necessary So," and gorgeous on "Haunted Heart," a beautiful tune which has long attracted other lyrical pianists like Bill Evans and Fred Hersch. There's strong work throughout from top bassist Drew Gress, who takes a number of warm, melodic solos, and drummer Jochen Rueckert, whose well-placed swishes and flutterings add the perfect impressionistic touch but who can also kick it when necessary, as he proves on the superb version of "Easy to Love." Copland is an original, adventurous player who never loses the audience, and the crisp recording here adds to the enjoyment.

Haunted Heart and Other Ballads

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