Jazz Articles about Chris Potter

Chris Potter: The Personal Stamp

by R.J. DeLuke
August 21, 2012

Chris Potter is one of the most visible saxophonists on the scene in recent years. There are reasons for that. Not only does he have incredible chops, inner drive, intensity and the impulse to always be creative--as if that's not enough--he can fit into any musical situation and find a way to contribute.Coming through the ranks, including while he was a still a student at the Manhattan School of Music, he could be found playing in any situation. ...

Chris Potter: Transatlantic

by John Kelman
August 15, 2011

He's not exactly been quiet, performing with drummer Paul Motian's trio on Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010), and continuing his ongoing relationship with Dave Holland, recently heard on tour with the bassist's flagship quintet at the 2011 Montreal Jazz Festival, but it's been two years since Chris Potter released Ultrahang (ArtistShare, 2009), his last date as a leader. Transatlantic ends Potter's recording hiatus, teaming the influential saxophonist with Denmark's DR Big Band for a brass-heavy set more orchestral in ...

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

by Edward Blanco
February 13, 2010

Brendan Edward Romaneck was a young twenty-four-year-old saxophonist and composer preparing for his first recording date in the spring of 2005, when on April 20th he passed away just two weeks after his birthday. Coming Together was to be Romaneck's debut disc, containing eight original compositions and three covers. It now serves as a tribute to the young man, when his parents moved forward with the project in memory of their son. Romaneck had already lined up trumpeter Terell Stafford, ...

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 ...