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Pablo Held · Music

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Marc Copland · Alone

CD of the Month: "Marc Copland is one of the best pianists in jazz history, an underrated artist who's in the same creative level of Keith Jarrett and Ahmad Jamal, all with particular and peculiar musical styles. "Alone", Marc's solo adventure, comes out on the Munich-based Pirouet label after this pianist's extraordinary "New York Trio Recordings" series of three CDs." (Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Jazzstation.com)

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Robin Verheyen · Starbound

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Loren Stillman · Winter Fruits

"Winter Fruits is an excellent album, further indication that Stillman is worthy of the praise he has received for his gift as a saxophonist and composer." (Layla Macoran, examiner.com)

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Gary Peacock & Marc Copland · Insight

CD of the month: "Peacock and Copland, bass and piano: a dream paring for inner visions and deeper musical perceptions." (Arnaldo Desouteiro, Jazzstation.com)

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Henning Sieverts Symmetry · Blackbird

"Blackbird ... demonstrates that smartly conceived compositions can have a captivating atmosphere and be a lot of fun at the same time ... Henning Sieverts draws on the immense possibilities of the systematic and masterfully exploits these possibilities." (Arnaldo Desouteiro, Jazzstation.com)

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Jürgen Friedrich · Pollock

"There's an alluring sense of discovery about the trio of Friedrich (piano), John Hébert (bass) and Tony Moreno (drums). The group, a serendipitous accident, continues its exciting chemistry on this second Pirouet album ..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Nicolas Thys · Virgo

"... Virgo is full of incredibly sensuous sounds, constantly challenging the intellect." (Arnaldo Desoutero, Jazz Station)

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Marc Copland · Night Whispers - New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3

"Some artists are so consistent that it's difficult to tag one release as better than another... Night Whispers, the final volume in Copland's New York Trio Recordings series ... is more than just the best of the bunch..." (John Kelman, All About Jazz)

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Pirouet Jazz Compilation - Vol. 1 · The Best Is Yet To Come

"... It all comes together nicely to highlight not only some of the best but also the diversity that Pirouet has to offer." (Woodrow Wilkins, All About Jazz)

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Bill Carrothers · Home Row

"... Home Row is not an easy listen but certainly an interesting one that may be most appreciated by jazz aficionados while most assuredly deserving to be heard albeit better late than never." (Edward Blanco, ejazznews)

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Achim Kaufmann · Kyrill

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John Schröder · Sir Lemuel's Dance

"... Sir Lemuel's Dance isn't easy listening, but reveals form transcendent of the tired cliche of blues formulae. It may take a while to learn the dance but once it's seeped under the skin, the rewards returned are many." (Jakob Baekgaard, All About Jazz)

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Pablo Held · Forest Of Oblivion

"Making his leader debut at 21 with this fine trio album, Pablo Held has done more than live up to his awardwinning exploits as a child prodigy..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Marc Copland · Another Place

"Copland is so gifted a pianist that he can change the shape and colour of a performance and subtly alter its emotional climate without disturbing its flow ..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Tim Hagans · Alone Together

"... Alone Together belongs to Hagans by virtue of its greater propensity for fiery swingers. ... Alone Together brings excitement back to the mainstream, thanks to its invention, interplay and musicality, as opposed to the much easier-to-find demonstrable chops." (AllAbout Jazz by John Kelman)

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John Ruocco · Am I Asking Too Much?

"... Ruocco's deceptively understated originals have a tensile strength that's clearly inspirational ..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Bill Stewart · Incandescence

"... The disc of Stewart originals intoxicates with a mix of quirky melodies and harmonies and brash grooving ... this CD merits praise as glowing as its title." (The Ottawa Citizen by Peter Hum)

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Jason Seizer · Time Being

"On this assured, understated yet attractive album, he's well matched by Marc Copland, a master of harmonic surprise, the brilliant young bassist Matthias Pichler and drummer Tony Martuchi." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Walter Lang & Lee Konitz · Ashiya

"There's such an insinuatingly melodic grace to both Lang's original compositions and the pianist's colloquies with Konitz's alto that the results are full of charm. ..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Claus Raible · Don't Blame Me

"This fine Pianist, though not an original voice, speakes bop's lingua franca like native ... beautifully crafted album ..." (Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times)

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Loren Stillman · Blind Date

"...What a wonderfully gifted reedman we've been blessed to hear in the persona of one Loren Stillman. ... To the point, Stillman is a genuine versatile & creative improvisor!" (George W. Carroll - ejazznews.com)

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Marc Copland · Voices - New York Trio Recordings Vol. 2

"a trio of heavyweights performing a selection of intricate and introspective ballad like originals in a warm and elegant fashion ... 'Voices' goes a long way in cementing this musician's place in the jazz world as one of the best contemporary pianists of our time." (Edward Blanco, ejazznews.com)

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Henning Sieverts · Symmetry

"... this is an exercise that is unduly constrained by its preset boundaries." (The Irish Times, Ray Comiskey)

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Bill Carrothers · Keep Your Sunny Side Up

"... Carrothers demonstrates a near mischievous playfulness as he deconstructs a number of well- and lesser-known standards ..." (John Kelman, All About Jazz)

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Thomas Rückert · Blue In Green

"You may not have heard of pianist Thomas Rückert, but trust me, and take a chance on Blue In Green. Delicate, sublime, yet swinging, Rückert has a tone and touch that is compareable to Bill Evans. ..." (All About Jazz)

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Taiko Saito & Niko Meinhold · Koko

"... With just two percussive instruments, it is a minor miracle how these musicians keep the listener's interest. ... It reminds us that if you want to get someone to listen, whisper." (George Harris - All About Jazz)

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Marc Copland · Modinha - New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1

"... Classical, modern, timeless, nostalgic, respectless with a touch of intimacy - Modinha is the CD of the year. This and all following." (Jazz e Arredores, Portugal)

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Jürgen Friedrich · Seismo

"It is fabulous what the pianist Jürgen Friedrich achieves on this Trio-CD. ... 'Seismo' is an almost painfully sensitive meeting, with indications being sufficient on many occasions in order to disclose fragile beauty which is possible by a combination of a piano, drums and bass." (Jazzthing, Germany)

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Tim Hagans · Beautiful Lily

"... the four musicians play with just as much concentration as the famous jazz bands of the past with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis in the first half of the Sixties..." (Werner Stiefele - Rondo Magazin, Germany)

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Marc Copland · Some Love Songs

"There are hardly any pianists who pay so much attention to listening as Marc Copland, hardly any who devote so much care to the sound, hardly any who play so directly from within themselves..." (Tobias Böcker - Jazz Zeitung, Germany)

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Hubert Nuss · Feed The Birds

"... It would take a long time to find a more beautiful recording." (Werner Stiefele - Audio Magazin, Germany)

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Compilation · Ballads

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Bill Carrothers · I Love Paris

"... Carrothers is a harmony-rich player with an uncanny ability to see the greater potential of both hands in concert..." (John Kelman - AllAboutJazz.com)

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Johannes Enders · Soprano

"Johannes Enders, the South German presentation saxophonist of international standing ... is reverting to a purely acoustic concept with a soprano without compromises once again and with immense instrumental depths of expressions. ..." (Tobias Böcker - Jazz Zeitung, Germany)

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Thomas Rückert · Dust Of Doubt

"... It is quite apparent that Rückert found his profile on his way through the jungle of musical effects. ... One seldomly experiences a young pianist who consistently emphasises certain features in this masterly way. ..." (Hans-Jürgen von Osterhausen - Jazzpodium, Germany)

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Christian Weidner · Choral

"... A tiny ridge between composition and improvisation, past and present, on which Weidner creates something big with small means: to combine life, music, belief and hope in a note." (Reinhard Köchl - Jazzthing, Germany)

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Jason Seizer · Serendipity

"... With so much internal symmetry, it is hardly surprising that the new work (with Jochen Rückert on the drums and Henning Sieverts on the bass) has become one of the most interesting warm-ups of recent times from the German provinces. ..." (Reinhard Köchl - Jazzthing, Germany)

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Compilation · For Promotion Only - Vol. 1

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Domenic Landolf · Wanderlust

"Domenic Landolf who was born in Bern in 1969 has formed part of the jazz elite for years ... The best CD's of the promising jazzman to date originate on the recent German musician label 'Pirouet' which realizes technically and artistically excellent productions in its own studio." (Neue Züricher Zeitung, Switzerland)

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Peter Peuker · Skylark

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Thomas Stabenow · 12 Miniatures For Clarinet & Piano

"... The 12 pieces which Thomas Stabenow created with a fine feeling for the intensity of reduced melodies developed a tremendous amount of magic from the two approaches which has an even deeper effect after they have been heared several times." (Tobias Böcker - Jazz Zeitung, Germany)

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Jason Seizer · Fair Way

"... Because Seizer, this strict solitary person has been someone who has been worth listening to for years. He has a powerful, finely modulated tone on his tenor saxophone. He can bring ballads to an enriched shimmer of colors and load speedy "Bepop" phrases with a rough brilliance and luminous powers and, above all, he knows how to dose his tones in such a way that there is never the impression of blank eloquence. ..." (Roland Spiegel - Abendzeitung, Munich)

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Peter O'Mara Trio · Mirage

"With 'Mirage', the guitarist Peter O'Mara has managed to create an album of hypnotic intensity and light-filled range. ..." (Tobias Böcker - Jazz Zeitung, Germany)

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Walter Lang · Lotus Blossom

"... The sounds appear in their extreme transparency and lyrical flow, offer music from the quieter side of life which shows a high level of injured emotions and yearning warmth in a gentle and nuance-rich interaction of singing, piano, bass and drums. ..." (Tobias Böcker - Jazz Zeitung, Germany)

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