Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Double Play (2001/2016) FLAC

Tracklist:

[7:08] 01. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Who Can I Turn To?
[6:59] 02. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - I Loves You Porgy
[8:08] 03. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Dark Territory
[5:42] 04. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Stella By Starlight
[5:57] 05. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Vaults
[5:11] 06. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Jive Samba
[8:27] 07. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - I Concentrate On You
[5:42] 08. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Blackbird
[3:37] 09. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Twenty Five
[5:45] 10. Marc Copland & Vic Juris - Con Alma

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SCCD 31509 – Marc Copeland/Vic Juris – "Dou b le Play" – A double play in baseball usually involves three players making two outs. Here you have two excellent musicians in Marc Copeland (piano), and Vic Juris (guitar) covering 10 incredible compositions and making good music. This duet renders heartfelt renditions on tunes like Gershwin's "I loves you Porgy", "Who Can I Turn To" (Newley/Bricusse), Cole Porter's "I Concentrate on You" in addition to several originals. Copeland's debut duet CD for SteepleChase w/ Tim Hagans (tpt, fluglehorn), SCCD 31488 "Between the Lines" has met with praise from listeners everywhere and received a 5-star rating from the French Diapason magazine. Juris, longtime guitarist with Dave Leibman, has five CDs as a leader for SteepleChase. In a review of Juris's two latest offerings for SteepleChase – SCCD 31483 "Songbook" and SCCD 31453 "Remembering Eric Dolphy" Duck Baker of Jazz Times (June 2001) states that "Vic Juris is a versitile and impressively accomplished guitarist. His playing exudes warmth, intelligence and respect for the tradition."

This warm duo collaboration between pianist Marc Copland and guitarist Vic Juris is a textbook example of a well-planned and executed studio date. Starting with an imaginative treatment of "Who Can I Turn To," the chemistry between the two musicians is apparent in their support of each other's solos as well as in the crisp interplay. Other standards, such as "I Loves You, Porgy" and "Stella By Starlight," also display a freshness even though they have been recorded countless times by many other jazz artists. The originals by each man deserve attention as well; both Copland's brooding "Dark Territory" and Juris' "Vaults" have a haunting sound, while the breezy bop of the guitarist's "Twenty Five" is pure joy. Nat Adderley's "Jive Samba" takes on a darker tone in their intriguing arrangement, and the last-minute suggestion of Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma" proves to be the perfect closer, with Copland's lush chords accompanied by Juris on acoustic guitar in a very deliberate performance. This outstanding session deserves to be ranked alongside any of the landmark piano/guitar duo recordings one can name. ~Ken Dryden








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