Gary Peacock above left with Marilyn Crispell

Distinguished bassist Gary Peacock, heard just recently on Somewhere the Keith Jarrett standards trio’s first album in a decade, is also to appear on new duets album Azure with avant garde pianist Marilyn Crispell. The pair were colleagues in Crispell’s trio with the late Paul Motian recording Nothing Ever Was, Anyway in the late-1990s and Amaryllis a dozen years ago for ECM who are also to release Azure. Tracks include Peacock’s ‘Lullaby’, Crispell’s ‘Goodbye’, ‘Patterns’ and ‘The Lea’. Recorded in upstate New York where Crispell has lived for more than 30 years, and not far from Peacock’s home, Azure is released on 17 June.