Jazz Articles about Chris Potter

Chris Potter - Steve Wilson - Terell Stafford - Keith Javors - Delbert Felix - John Davis: Coming Together

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 1, 2010

Coming Together è il titolo che il saxofonista e compositore Brendan Edward Romaneck aveva scelto nel 2005 per il suo debutto da leader, poco prima di venire a mancare alla tenera età di 24 anni. Tutto era già pronto: i brani, lo studio, i musicisti. E sono stati proprio Keith Javors, Delbert Felix e John Davis a volere che quest'album fosse realizzato, insieme al trombettista Terell Stafford, scelto a suo tempo dallo stesso Romaneck per le registrazioni, e con due ...

Chris Potter's Underground at The Village Vanguard, NYC

by Giovanni Russonello
January 24, 2010

Chris Potter's Underground Village Vanguard New York City January 10, 2010

Maybe there's something to be said for throwback music. It can feel comforting to hear new music laced with the crackle of an old LP, or the warm horn harmonies of a vintage gospel record. But as Gil Scott-Heron reminds us on his classic “B Movie," in politics indulging that nostalgia means “not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards"--stagnation in ...

Chris Potter: Monterey Quartet & Underground

by George Kanzler
September 5, 2009

Dave Holland / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Chris Potter / Eric HarlandThe Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey Jazz Festival RecordsYear Chris PotterUltrahangArtistShare2009 Although he was the youngest ever winner (at 29 in 2000) of Denmark's International Jazzpar Prize, the sadly-now-suspended most prestigious and lucrative award in jazz, saxophonist Chris Potter has ...

Chris Potter Underground: Ultrahang

by Mark F. Turner
July 7, 2009

After simultaneous releases in 2007--The Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard and Song For Anyone (both on Sunnyside Records)--saxophonist Chris Potter's alter-ego band, Underground, delivers Ultrahang, some of the funkiest, rawest and in- your-face jazz released in 2009. An in-demand session player with artists including Patricia Barber, Dave Douglas, Paul Motian, Potter is also a prolific composer and bandleader. He's maintained the Underground group featuring drummer Nate Smith, Fender Rhodes pianist Craig Taborn and guitarist Adam ...

Chris Potter: Ultrahang

by David Miller
July 6, 2009

Now unquestionably one of the better long-running groups on the jazz scene, Chris Potter's Underground puts forth its most consistent effort yet with its sophomore studio album, Ultrahang. Judging by how often the group tours, it's strange that this is only the Underground's third release. But taking into account the quality of Underground (Sunnyside, 2006), Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside, 2007), and now Ultrahang , the group can take all the time it needs between ...

Chris Potter Underground: Ultrahang

by John Kelman
June 29, 2009

With a consistent line-up since the debut of Underground (Sunnyside, 2006)--where, after alternating between guitarists Wayne Krantz and Adam Rogers, the reed man settled on Rogers as the group's full-timer for Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside, 2007)--Chris Potter has not only created his most personal and identifiable music to date, but he's clearly also found the group with which to make it. Potter and Rogers, along with mainstays Craig Taborn (Fender Rhodes) and Nate Smith ...

Chris Potter: Way Above Ground with Underground

by R.J. DeLuke
June 29, 2009

Saxophonist Chris Potter, at age 38, has long been fast-tracked to the head of his class to become regarded as one of the strongest players on the scene. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was first making waves on recordings, and then became part of the superb Dave Holland quintet, where his strengths were put on display all over the globe.Fact is, Potter has earned his stripes every step of the way. He's made his bones ...