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Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz
by Mark Corroto
Benjamin Boone's The Poetry Of Jazz could easily have been titled The Jazz of Poetry because of the almost interchangeable nature of the terms. The composer/saxophonist's vision to put music to the U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine's prose is a reminder to listeners that jazz was birthed by the common man, and is not to be kept in an ivory tower.Both professors at Cal State Fresno, Levine and Boone had performed together before, and the saxophonist had used ...
Continue ReadingBenjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz
by Mark Corroto
Benjamin Boone's The Poetry Of Jazz could easily have been titled The Jazz of Poetry because of the almost interchangeable nature of the terms. The composer/saxophonist's vision to put music to the U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine's prose is a reminder to listeners that jazz was birthed by the common man, and is not to be kept in an ivory tower. Both professors at Cal State Fresno, Levine and Boone had performed together before, and the saxophonist had ...
Continue ReadingYelena Eckemoff: In The Shadow Of A Cloud
by John Kelman
She may rarely perform live in this context, but Yelena Eckemoff has managed to build, over just seven years and a mammoth eleven releases--including her second release of 2017, In the Shadow of a Cloud--a loyal and growing following in the jazz world. It's all the more remarkable for a multi-talented expat Russian pianist who began life in the classical world, and only entered the jazz world in 2010 with Cold Sun. But there's even more to marvel ...
Continue ReadingChris Potter Quartet and Melissa Aldana Group at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Chris Potter Quartet/ Melissa Aldana Group SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 13, 2017 It is rare that two saxophonists share a bill with their quartets. It's even less common when one of the two is female. The two were Chris Potter and Melissa Aldana, and they shared the stage at SFJAZZ in San Francisco's Hayes Valley. Aldana seemingly came out of nowhere to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition in 2013, ...
Continue ReadingChris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Vincenzo Roggero
Si inizia con “Heart in Hand," una classica ballad nella quale Chris Potter conferma di essere uno dei massimi stilisti del sax tenore, a proprio agio in un contesto che senza indugi potremmo definire modern mainstream. Nulla che già non si sapesse, quindi, sennonché a circa metà brano, il pianoforte si mostra sì in piena sintonia con il climax del brano ma deposita con nonchalance qualche esitazione, minuscoli frammenti dubitativi che scrostano un pò della lucida vernice che avvolge il ...
Continue ReadingChris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Mark Sullivan
Saxophonist/composer Chris Potter's two previous ECM albums as leader both had a “special project" air about them. The Sirens (2013) was inspired by the epic poem The Odyssey, and featured an unusual quintet with two keyboardists. Imaginary Cities (2015) featured the Underground Orchestra, an expansive lineup of his Underground quartet plus two bassists, percussion, and string quartet. For this third release Potter presents a new acoustic quartet. It's not a studio band: the recording sessions were preceded by a long ...
Continue ReadingChris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Karl Ackermann
Multi-reedist and composer Chris Potter has been an in-demand artist since his late teen years when he began playing the New York clubs. With a diverse catalog that runs from Steely Dan to regular collaborations with Dave Holland, Potter has picked up a number of Grammy nominations and wins. His versatile abilities have made him equally at home touring with the lyrical Jim Hall or recording in the angular style of Steve Swallow's Damaged in Transit (WATT/ECM, 2003). The Dreamer ...
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