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Underground
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Chris Potter Underground Sunnyside Records 2006 Consensus is always the sought-after ideal in criticism. When writers can line up behind an artist and declare his or her greatness, the health of an art form is reinforced. We need to ordain geniuses to be reassured that this love ...
Chris Potter: Underground
by Troy Collins
Billed as Chris Potter's funk album, Underground takes a conceptual leap of faith into uncharted waters. Classifying this as either a funk or a fusion record is shortsighted. Though a strong rhythmic undercurrent flows through the majority of the record, it offers much more.One of the most promising tenor saxophonists of his generation, Potter ...
Chris Potter: Underground
by John Kelman
At only 35, saxophonist Chris Potter has amassed a surprisingly large discography--over a dozen records as a leader, and collaborations that include a marathon eight-year relationship with bassist Dave Holland. His technical prowess, robust tone and uncanny control are matched by a seemingly endless imagination, allowing him to build extended solos that never lose focus. And ...
Chris Potter: Underground
by Paul Olson
Anyone who's been floored in the last few years by a particular live or recorded performance by Chris Potter--whether he was fronting his own group or playing, say, with Dave Holland or Dave Douglas--may raise an eyebrow at this statement, but here it comes anyway.He's gotten even better.If you weren't at the ...
Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard
By Chris Potter
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 7.5; What You Wish; Stella By Starlight; Lift; Okinawa; Boogie Stop Shuffle Sax Intro; Boogie Stop Shuffle
Chris Potter Quartet: Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard
by Jeff Stockton
Just as you're about to really get into tenor saxophonist Chris Potter's funky unaccompanied solo on “7.5," the rest of the band charges in, led by Kevin Hays on an electric keyboard sounding like a ringing cell phone. It grabs your attention, and the band doesn't let go for the next fifteen minutes, with Hays soloing ...
A Modern Masterpiece: Chris Potter on Recording "Lift"
by Franz A. Matzner
Recorded live, Chris Potter's current release Lift reunites Potter with band mates Scott Colley, Kevin Hayes, and Bill Stewart, the same line-up who produced the 2002 release Traveling Mercies, and with whom Potter has recorded and performed with many times over the years, whether under his own leadership or as a member of the others' various ...
Chris Potter: Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard
by John Kelman
Utilizing the same core group from his two Verve releases, 2001's Gratitude and 2002's Traveling Mercies, saxophonist Chris Potter recorded a couple days worth of gigs at the legendary Village Vanguard in December of 2002, the modus operandi being to provide only the barest of sketches, leaving plenty of space for interplay and improvisation. The result, ...
Summertime
By Mike Clark
Label: JazzKey Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: Brujo; Fee Fi Fo Fum; Summertime; For Duke; U.T. ; Prince of Darkness; Angelica;
Three Pawns; Dolores.
Moods
Label: Universal Japan
Released: 2003
Track listing: Moods; Cut to the Chase; No Matter What; A New Silence; Crave; Can You Sleep At Night; To Be; Transcend;
Waiting; Intuition; Slo
