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Chris Potter: Osawatomie Brown

Read "Chris Potter: Osawatomie Brown" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Dire che Chris Potter sia uno dei sassofonisti più portentosi della scena contemporanea è un po' come raccontare a un napoletano perché la pizza è buona. Ma quando Potter incastona il suo virtuosismo strumentale all'interno di composizioni altrettanto solide e li ammanta di sofisticati arrangiamenti la sua arte raggiunge vette sublimi. Alive with Ghosts ...

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Article: Play This!

Chris Potter: Osawatomie Brown

Read "Chris Potter: Osawatomie Brown" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Telling you that Chris Potter is one of the most spellbinding saxophonists on today's scene feels a bit like explaining the virtues of pizza to a Neapolitan. Yet, it is when his formidable instrumental command is framed by equally strong compositions and imaginative arrangements that his artistry shines brightest. Alive with Ghosts Today (Edition ...

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Now Is The Time

Label: The Sirens
Released: 2015
Track listing: Now Is the Time; Shake a Hand; Lonely Avenue; Lil' Darlin'; I Cover the Waterfront; Doggone; Cotton Boy Blues; The Peeper.

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Chris Foreman: Now Is The Time

Read "Now Is The Time" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


As the house organist at the legendary The Green Mill as well as a member of various ensembles Chris Foreman is one of Chicago's unsung jazz heroes. As a sideman Foreman has marked several recordings with his soulful, earthy grooves and, finally he has released an album under his own name. On his much-anticipated debut Now ...

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The Sirens

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Wine Dark Sea; Wayfinder; Dawn (With Her Rosy Fingers); The Sirens; Penelope; Kalypso; Nausikaa; Stranger at the Gate; The Shades.

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Chris Potter: The Sirens

Read "The Sirens" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


There is little doubt that saxophonist Chris Potter is one of the most important jazz artists of the modern era. Comfortable in a variety of jazz settings, the artist has contributed to several ECM Records-produced albums, yet The Sirens marks his leadership debut for the Germany-based label. Intense, passionate and a dazzling soloist who is a ...

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Chris Potter: The Sirens

Read "The Sirens" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Saxophonist Chris Potter has consistently shown a deep feeling for jazz tradition and a willingness to modernize his vocabulary at the same time. The lyricism of Lester Young, the fearlessness of Charlie Parker, the keening spiritualism of John Coltrane and the tireless creativity of Sonny Rollins all inspire him, as do funk, electric set-ups and classical ...

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Careless Love

Label: The Sirens
Released: 2006


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