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Dave Holland: A Weekend of Bass

by Dave Roberts
May 1, 2001

There may be no instrument that is more vital yet less heralded in a jazz group than the bass. The bass provides much of the rhythmic and harmonic foundation as well as outlining the form. If the bassist is solid, locking in with the drums and piano, everyone else in the group can relax. And often, ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Potter: Gratitude

Read "Gratitude" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler
May 1, 2001

Chris Potter is probably the second most famous young tenor player working today, Joshua Redman being the clear numero uno. After releasing over a half-dozen albums for Criss Cross and Concord, Potter now makes the leap to a major label, Verve, with the excellent Gratitude. Jazz is a lethargic sales category, so major labels ...

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For Adults Only

By Joris Teepe

Label: Postcards
Released: 2022
Track listing: Chelsea Bridge; Introduction; Five Bears; Second Avenue Story; I Do It For Your Love; Introduction; Blues for Claudia; Brother Braden; For Adults Only; You Don’t Know What Love Is; Up Jumped Spring.

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Moon Song

By Sarah Jane Cion

Label: Naxos Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: A Pond Beneath The Moon; Last Cha Cha At Longbeach; Moon Song; Samba Picara; Waltz For Fall; Blues For Chick; Suncycle; How Long Has This Been Going On; Solo Piano Medley: I'll Keep Loving You; Ballad Of The Sad Young Men; What If.

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Power Source

By Ryan Kisor

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1999
Track listing: Power Source, Salome's Dance, Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love, New Picture, Boogie Stop Shuffle, Pelog, Bird Food.

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Pink Elephant Magic

By JoAnne Brackeen

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Pink Elephant Magic; Ghost Butter; Wave; What’s Your Choice, Rolls Royce?; Beethoven Meets the Millennium in Spain; Strange Meadowlark; Tico Tico; In Vogue; Cram n Exam; Filenes.

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Vertigo

By Chris Potter

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: Shiva; Vertigo; Long Walk, Short Pier; Act III, Scene I; Fishy; This Will Be; Almost Home; Modeen's Mood; Wake Up.

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Chris Potter: Vertigo

by Jim Santella
September 1, 1998

Chris Potter's quartet shares the spotlight both individually and in ensemble. The young tenor saxophonist (Potter turned 27 this year) turns in a dramatic set based on his own compositions. As Zan Stewart states in the liner notes, “... Potter stretches himself, his musicians and his audience, creating new and challenging music ..." Working out recently ...

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Unspoken

By Chris Potter

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1997

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Chris Potter: Unspoken

Read "Unspoken" reviewed by Robert Spencer

by Robert Spencer
September 1, 1997

Twenty-seven year old reed man Chris Potter made a big splash on his 1992 debut as a leader for Criss Cross. He showed remarkable promise not only in tenor sax work, but also on alto, soprano, bass clarinet and alto flute. On this one he sticks to tenor and soprano, but his playing is no less ...