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Chris Potter - Steve Wilson - Terell Stafford - Keith Javors - Delbert Felix - John Davis: Coming Together
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
The Kandinsky Effect
by David Miller
The Kandinsky EffectThe Kandinsky EffectSNP Records 2010 What do you get when you combine an American saxophonist, a self-proclaimed “total gringo" bassist and a French drummer, playing progressive jazz in Europe? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. But The Kandinsky Effect, composed of Warren Walker (saxophone), Gael Petrina (acoustic and ...
Chris Potter's Underground at The Village Vanguard, NYC
by Giovanni Russonello
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 ...
Craig Taborn Trio at the Vortex, London, England
by John Sharpe
Craig Taborn Trio Vortex London, England December 7, 2009 Judging by the number of young musicians in the audience, pianist Craig Taborn has something of a reputation among the cognoscenti. That many of them were pianists too just whetted the appetite even more for his leadership debut in the UK ...
The Jazz Session #131: Chris Potter
Saxophonist Chris Potter's new album, Ultrahang (ArtistShare, 2009), is an exploration of groove and melody. In this interview, recorded before Potters performance with Dave Holland at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Potter talks about how a middle-class kid in Columbia, SC, ended up liking Chicago blues; why he looks first to please himself with the music ...
Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec. 11-12, 2009
by Ian Patterson
Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival Baan Silom, Bangkok.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Chris Potter
All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Potter's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chris PotterBorn in Chicago on New Year’s Day 1971 and moving to Columbia, South Carolina as an infant, the prodigious youngster began fooling around on guitar and piano at the age of three... more
Ultrahang
By Chris Potter
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2009
Track listing: Ultrahang; Facing East; Rumples; It Ain't Me Babe; Time's Arrow; Small
Wonder; Boots; Interstellar Signals.
J Hunter's Best Jazz Discs of 2009
by J Hunter
It's that time again--the season for relentless bell-ringers, wild-eyed consumers, and end-of-year countdown lists. The latter category can actually be helpful for last-minute shoppers who want to give someone “the best of everything." However, a little background info never hurts the buying process. As such, here's one more countdown for Best Jazz Discs of 2009. #10 ...
Seamus Blake: Bellwether
by Robert Dugan
This is a great period for tenor players, with some of the best in our midst: Chris Potter, Jimmy Greene, Donny McCaslin, Marcus Strickland, and Seamus Blake, among others. Surfacing in the Mingus Big Band during the nineties, Blake's aggressive edginess was impressive in a group which took no prisoners. The tenor saxophonist more than held ...
