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."
1. Who can I turn to? (Newley/Bricusse)
2. I loves you Porgy (George Gershwin)
3. Dark territory (Marc Copland)
4. Stella by starlight (Victor Young)
5. Vaults (Vic Juris)
6. Jive samba (Nat Adderley)
7. I concentrate on you (Cole Porter)
8. Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney)
9. Twenty five (Vic Juris)
10. Con alma (Dizzy Gillespie)
UPC/EAN: 716043150922