Marc Copland Alter Ego: Swiss Radio Days Vol. 49

Swiss Radio Days Vol. 49 ()

Marc Copland Alter Ego

Swiss Radio Days Vol. 49 ()

$30.00

Release date: December 6th, 2024

Swiss Radio Days Vo. 49 is also available for download here.

Description

The idea was simple. Rededicate the two newly overhauled Steinway D pianos in the legendary Studio15 at RTS-Radio Télévision Suisse in Lausanne. After a concert broadcast presenting fifteen piano duets, another idea took hold; to produce a special recording session with a single pianist, faced with the difficult task of playing duets with previously recorded tracks of him-or herself. To add a bit of “tension” to the affair, we decided to make this moment a “live” studio recording with forty spectators who would be close to the action, listening with headphones to the here-and-now pianist playing a spontaneous duet simultaneously with his previously-recorded alter ego. What remained was to find that rare pearl, a pianist with enough poetry, audacity and creativity to make a project which would inevitably draw comparisons to the Conversations with Myself of Bill Evans–a legendary project that burst upon the scene in1963 and was instantly recognized as something new, sensitive, and intimately personal. Enter Marc Copland, the legendary Jazz pianist and composer of our day. His finesse and depth found on Alter Ego, along with his thoughtful delicate approach to the instrument make this recording sublime. This is a must have for every jazz enthusiast’s library!

SIDE A

1. Day & Night (Marc Copland) 7:05

2. Another Ralph’s (John Abercrombie) 4:54

3. Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 7:24

SIDE B

1. Talkin’ Blues (Marc Copland) 4:24

2. Eighty-One (Ron Carter) 5:59

3. Spartacus Love Theme (Alex North) 5:32

4. Let’s Cool One (Thelonious Monk) 5:12

Produced for TCB by RTS

Executive Producer: Barbara Frei Schmidlin / TCB 

Swiss Radio Producer and Consultant: Yvan Ischer / RTS 

Vinyl Co-Production: Dot Time Records

Recorded live at Studio 15, RTS-Lausanne, Sept 25 & 26, 2022 

Recording & Mixing: Renaud Millet-Lacombe / RTS

Mastering: Kai Blankenberg at Skyline Tonfabrik 

Liner Notes: Yvan Ischer (translation Marc Copland) 

Poems: Marc Copland & Bill Zavatsky

Cover photo: Pascal Bernheim

Inside photos: Pascal Bernheim and Yvan Ischer 

Design & Artwork: KANULART Design Studio

P & C 2024 by TCB Music SA, Montreux