Chris Potter
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The unconventional instrumentation - three horns, violin, Bill Frisell on guitar, a pianoless rhythm section - is explained by Potter's wish to evoke an ad hoc town band and is strikingly effective,... —
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Stravinsky’s angular rhythms, dissonant voicings and sense of drama are more than trace elements, but this is an entirely original work that brilliantly plays to the strengths of both big band... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th February 2022
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On the surface, The Women Who Raised Me might seem like a regression, the kind of project that would have made more sense as an introduction -- especially since Springs co-wrote some of her... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2020
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2020
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Jazz FM, 25 Best Jazz Albums of 2020
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The Dreamer is the Dream
RecommendedChris Potter (saxophones), David Virelles (piano/celesta), Joe Martin (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums/percussion)
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Grammy Awards, 2018, Nominee: Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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Grammy Awards, 2018, Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Much of the group’s original sound hinges on Hussain’s array of percussion…He uses his instruments not just rhythmically but also as sources of pitched notes. Often resulting in a form of partial... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Jazz Choice
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Eagle's Point
Chris Potter (saxophone), John Patitucci (bass guitar), Brian Blade (drums), Brad Mehldau (piano)
They confirm the mileage remaining in hitching post-bop syntax to the talents of gifted improvisers: the meticulously breakneck Potter solos, Mehldau’s endless rhythm switches on the escalating... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2024
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New. We Dream
Lakecia Benjamin (saxophone), Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Sean Jones (trumpet), Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Chris Potter (saxophone), Jeff "Tain" Watts, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball, Hiromi (piano), Bilal, Kassa Overall
Excitable and fire-breathing, Benjamin not only lets her horn prove her propers, but she also raises her voice primally, with the power of the lioness, to slash away the armor of somnambulance... —
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Vertigo
RecommendedJeff Tain Watts (drums), Robert Hurst (double bass), Rene Marie (vocals), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Bruce Barth (piano), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Jeff Haynes (percussion), John Hart (guitar), Chris Potter (bass clarinet), Chris Potter (tenor saxophone)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Where the Streets Lead
RecommendedSlowly Rolling Camera (group), Chris Potter (saxophone), Mark Lockheart (saxophone), Sachal Vasandani (leadvocalist)
On new album Where the Streets Lead, the main players remain unchanged from 2018’s Juniper: Edition label boss Dave Stapleton’s keyboards – Moog, Fender, piano – tinkle, buzz and burn, drummer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
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Prime Directive
Dave Holland Quintet, Chris Potter (saxophones), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Steve Nelson (vibraphone), Billy Kilson (drums), Dave Holland (double bass)
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Post-1980)
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