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Chris Potter: Juggernaut (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This track, from Potter's debut recording as a leader, foreshadows the brilliant career that lay ahead of the young s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: 7.5 (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

In November 1957, Sonny Rollins became the first jazz artist to record live at the Village Vanguard. Forty-five year...

Chris Potter: Jazzpar Suite – Part 6 – Folk Tune (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

In 2000, Chris Potter became the youngest musician to ever receive Denmark's prestigious Jazzpar prize. This recordin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Lift (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This Chris Potter composition is marked by rhythmic modulations that increase the tempo and create the impression of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Yesterday (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Hundreds of covers have dulled the luster of Paul McCartney's "Yesterday," but like a fresh coat of wax on a vintage ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Joanne Brackeen featuring Chris Potter: In Vogue (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Chris Potter was nominated for a Grammy for best instrumental solo on this track. Brackeen's composition is marked by...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Dave Douglas featuring Chris Potter: The Infinite (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This Dave Douglas composition is built on relatively simple harmonic and rhythmic material because like most of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Facing East (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 14, 09

“Facing East” is a jam-based song that runs through several phases, probing for that rare groove…rare in that it dist...

Chris Potter: Amsterdam Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This recording demonstrates Potter's modern approach to the blues. Potter's solo consists of angular lines and quirky...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Iowa City (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

There is no drummer on this track, but Potter's solo has a rhythmic drive that renders drums unnecessary. This solo i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: The Source (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Gratitude is an homage to the masters of jazz saxophone, and it emphasizes Potter's roots in the jazz tradition. It a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Boogie Stop Shuffle (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

After a four-minute-plus unaccompanied tenor sax introduction (so substantial that it is separated onto another track...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Chris Potter: Megalopolis (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

On his second date for Verve Records, Potter's playing takes a strident tone, matched by the urgent drumming of Bill ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Nudnik (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

The compositions on Underground are heavily influenced by funk music, and are reminiscent of Dave Holland's quintet, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Song for Anyone (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

A beautiful feature of Potter's compositions on this album is the variety of timbres he achieves by putting various i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Dave Holland featuring Chris Potter: The Balance (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Potter's soprano playing proves to be just as rich as his tenor playing. His extended solo on this live recording beg...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Dave Douglas: Circular (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 27, 09

The Dave Douglas quartet with Chris Potter, which later became a quintet with pianist Uri Caine and now features saxo...

Renee Rosnes: Black Holes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 29, 08

In 1997, two months after participating in this session, Chris Potter recorded his breakthrough CD Unspoken. Christia...

Patricia Barber: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Patricia Barber tackles this Cole Porter standard at a rapid-fire pace, but never loses the meaning of the words even...

Dave Holland: A Seeking Spirit (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Dave Holland’s quintet play “A Seeking Spirit” in concert. The next best thing i...

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