Playing with other musicians is like meeting and conversing with other people. Some folks just like to hear themselves talk. They prefer to dominate the conversation, barely letting you get a word in. Others might allow you some room to speak, but will try and compete with you, to show off what they know, or to embarass you. Thankfully, there's always a few others who want to listen as well as speak, who really are interested in communicating and exchanging ideas. These people are secure enough in their own identity to not try and impress the other... Rather than pretending that they know everything, they are open to different ideas, and delighted to learn something new.

For many years, my experience of playing with Peter has been one of conversing with an open, sharing, caring musician, a great listener on and off the stage, working to make music that evolves and grows into something beautiful. Playing in duo with Peter creates more vibes than simply two musicians playing in the same space; in this instance, "1+1=3". (Marc Copland)

Can’t really pin down the exact date, when I met Marc for the first time in the late 80’ies for a duo-session at his house north of Manhattan, but I remember clearly how excited and nervous I was. Marc was polite and friendly, we pulled out a couple of originals, as it is custom at NY private sessions, I brought one called Kassa blanca, which means constantly broke (blank wallet), a permanent state of living for me in those days. More than four deacades and many concerts later with various bands (i.e. Marc Copland Trio with Bill Stewart at Cleopatra’s Needle in NY, or several tours with his trio in Europe with Jochen Rückert, or the quartet with John Abercrombie and Billy Heart) I am blessed to still being good friends with Marc, and being over sixty now I feel to have come a bit closer to being able to play and record ‘standards’ with this giant of this art form in the most intimate setting as a duo. Equally exciting as the first session back then!! (Peter Herbert)