Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard
Released: May 25, 2004
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Released: May 25, 2004
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Chris Potter's new Live at the Village Vanguard album starts jarringly enough. There is a particular knotty, unaccompanied solo saxophone intro to drummer Bill Stewart's "7.5" played via tape delay...
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Traveling Mercies
Released: Sep 17, 2002
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Released: Sep 17, 2002
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Chris Potter gets more and more adventurous. On this follow-up to the strong Gratitude, the tenor and soprano saxophonist beefs up strong writing and heady group interplay with occasional sampled...
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This Will Be: The Jazzpar Prize
Released: Aug 7, 2001
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Released: Aug 7, 2001
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With all of the attention that multi-instrumentalist Chris Potter began getting at the dawn of the 21st century in his homeland of the U.S., he had already been awarded the Jazzpar Prize in 2000,...
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Gratitude
Released: Apr 3, 2001
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Released: Apr 3, 2001
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Saxophonist Chris Potter honors the legacy of some of jazz's greats on Gratitude, his debut for Verve. The award-winning virtuoso and composer is compelling on his tributes to John Coltrane, Eddie...
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Vertigo
Released: Aug 4, 1998
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Released: Aug 4, 1998
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Shortly before the recording of Vertigo, Chris Potter suffered partial hearing loss after undergoing treatments for Meniere's disease, an inner ear condition. Vertigo was in fact one of the...
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Unspoken
Released: May 21, 1997
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Released: May 21, 1997
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Working with drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Dave Holland, and guitarist John Scofield, saxophonist Chris Potter recorded his most adventurous record to date with Unspoken. Although his powerhouse...
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Moving In
Released: Feb 6, 1996
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Released: Feb 6, 1996
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Backed by pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Billy Hart, Chris Potter delivers yet another powerful album. His playing and writing ascend another rung on the ladder of...
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Sundiata
Released: Dec 12, 1995
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Released: Dec 12, 1995
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Although it wasn't released until 1995, this album was recorded in 1993, when Chris Potter was still in the process of emerging as a great jazz talent. Still, Sundiata ranks as one of Potter's...
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The Jazz Mentality: Show Business Is My Life
Released: Oct 17, 1994
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Released: Oct 17, 1994
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Although the name of this group might lead one to think that it is a protest against the possible restrictiveness of "the jazz mentality," the brief liner notes make it clear that these four...
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