door to wider public acceptance for Copland during the new millennium was his return to the trio format with his regular working band of the period, with Drew Gress on bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums. The album was an application of the pianist's lyrical bent to the interpretation of ballads, a song form that lends itself naturally to his style. The trio developed the rapport evident on the album through several years of steady gigs in New York, and USA and European tours. Another and very different trio, with Kenny Wheeler and John Abercrombie, was a meeting of three individualist instrumentalists and composers. This latter trio recorded twice, and also toured Europe frequently. In the nineties, Copland wrote and arranged extensively for his quintet and quartet; he returned to this format with four CDs in the 2000s. During this period Copland recorded exclusively for Pirouet. His output during this period included mostly trios, but also duos, quartets, and a quintet album. Some Love Songs recalls his earlier ballad disc Haunted Heart, with the same trio of Gress and Rueckert. Beginning with Modinha, the pianist embarked on the three-volume "NY Trio Series"; he later returned to the trio of Gress and Rueckert for "Some More Love Songs." Discography As leader and solo recordings 1988 My Foolish Heart (Jazz City) with Gary Peacock, John Abercrombie, Jeff Hirshfield 1992 At Night (Sunnyside) 1992 Two Way Street with Dieter Ilg (Jazzline) 1995 Stompin' with Savoy (Savoy) 1996 Second Look (Savoy) 1997 Paradiso (Soul Note) 1998 Softly (Savoy) 2000 Between the Lines with Tim Hagans (Steeplechase) 2001 Double Play with Vic Juris (Steeplechase) 2001 That's for Sure with John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler (Challenge) 2001 Poetic Motion (Sketch) 2001 Haunted Heart and Other Ballads (Hathut) 2002 Bookends with Dave Liebman (Hathut) 2002 Lunar with Dave Liebman (Hathut) 2002 Songs without End with Ralph Towner 2002 Round and Round with Greg Osby (Nagel-Heyer) 2003 Night Call with Greg Osby (Nagel-Heyer) 2003 Marc Copland and... (Hatology) 2004 What It Says with Gary Peacock (Sketch) 2004 Both/And with Randy Brecker (Nagel-Heyer) 2004 Brand New with John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler (Challenge) 2005 Some Love Songs (Pirouet) 2005 Time within Time (Hatology) 2006 New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 1: Modinha (Pirouet) 2006 No Choice with Bill Carrothers 2007 New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 2: Voices (Pirouet) 2008 Another Place (Pirouet) 2009 New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 3: Night Whispers (Pirouet)