Chris Potter

Try to find his "Vertigo". It's a very nice CD with Lovano on 3 tracks. There is also an album by Steve Swallow titled "Damaged in Transit", which is a bass-sax-drums trio, where basically Potter is a leader. Very much in Rollins vein. In another thread I suggested Kenny Wheeler's "What Now?" with Potter on tenor. Very good.

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Originally posted by Nuno Baptista:
Anyone knows the records of this saxophonist?
I have listened an album of him and it seems OK.He is a interpret of Funky/Groove,isn´t it?

I have never really considered him to be an interpreter of funky/groove but more a straight ahead jazz musician.

Two albums worth looking at are Lift Live at the Village vanguard and Undeground.

A good album where he is a guest is Strange Liberation by Dave Douglas.

Adrian

Potter is exceptionally adept at pretty much anything, straight ahead and groove. After all, he did tour with Steely Dan, and that's the paradigm of a Steely Dan saxophonist: straight-ahead and groove.

I highly recommend Potter's very fine album Traveling Mercies, which is both straight-ahead and groove.


Fred

You're getting there, Nuno...

Can't really add to what's been said, so in summary: Potter is an excellent team player, adding spice to whatever group he's playing with (FDave Holland, eg.) "Lift Live at the Village Vanguard" and "Damaged in Tranist" being my favorites.

Funky/Groove ? Not really...

cheers
Stefan

and how about the last Chris Cheek album,"Blues Cruise"?

What a great album,the"underground".It is different and the record is excellent!

I´ve bought today the "Live at the village vanguard".It´s very good,some say that Jazz must be live .

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Originally posted by Nuno Baptista:
some say that Jazz must be live .

I say jazz must be good, period. Sometimes it's good live, and sometimes it's good in the studio. I think it's a myth that the best jazz is only live ... magic can happen anywhere.

Fred

I think you are right!But this Chris Potter live record is different from the studio albuns,that´s why I ´ve bought it