Chris Potter - Song For Anyone
ARTIST.....: Chris Potter
TITLE......: Song For Anyone
LABEL......: Sunny Side
URL........: http://www.chrispottermusic.com
RIP DATE...: Dec-24-2007
STORE DATE.: Aug-28-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 99,5 MB
Track Listing:
01 - the absence 07:33
02 - against the wind 07:56
03 - closer to the sun 08:04
04 - family tree 04:49
05 - chief seattle 09:42
06 - cupid & psyche 09:08
07 - song for anyone 08:54
08 - the arc of a day 03:57
09 - estrellas del sur 07:57
10 - all by all 04:42
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72:42 min
Release Notes:
Born in Chicago on New YearÆs Day 1971 and moving to Columbia,
South Carolina as an infant, the prodigious youngster began
fooling around on guitar and piano at the age of three. He took
up the alto sax at the age of ten and played on his first jazz gig
at the age of 13. But his eclectic musical education really began
with his personal investigation of his parentsÆ record collection.
Spanning everything from Bach to Schoenberg, and gamelan music
to the Beatles, Chris explored it all avidly, taking a special
interest in albums by Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck.
When piano legend Marian McPartland first heard Chris at 15 years
old (an encounter that eventually led to his contract with Concord
Records in 1994), she told his father that Chris was ready for the
road with a unit such as Woody HermanÆs. But finishing school was
a priority and by the time he graduated, he was playing alto,
tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and alto flute.
At 18 Potter moved to New York to study at the New School, and
then Manhattan School of Music. There he formed a lasting
friendship with one of his professors, pianist Kenny Werner, later
making a duet recording together. He also re-connected with
trumpet great Red Rodney, with whom he had played earlier at a
jazz festival in Columbia. He spent four important years with
Rodney, honing his skills at the side of the bebop heavyweight,
until shortly before RedÆs passing in 1994.
Graduating from Manhattan in 1993, Potter began a long series of
sideman activities with top names like the Mingus Big Band, Paul
Motion, Ray Brown, Jim Hall, James Moody, Dave Douglas, Mike
Mainieri and many more.
After playing on Marian McPartlandÆs 1993 Concord recording, In My
Life, the adventurous saxophonist became a surprising member of
the Concord roster, eventually recording five CDs for the label,
as well as the aforementioned duo with Werner. His final Concord
CD, 1998Æs Vertigo, was named one of the yearÆs top ten CDs by
both Jazziz and The New York Times.
Chris also performed on Steely DanÆs Grammy-nominated, gold album
Two Against Nature, touring with them in 1994, which also resulted
in the live CD, Alive in America.
Potter received his own Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental
Jazz Solo for his work on Joanne BrackeenÆs Pink Elephant Magic.
And heÆs the youngest recipient ever to receive the annual Danish
Jazzpar Prize.
Although heÆs performed extensively with the incredible
bassist/composer Dave HollandÆs various ensembles, Potter has been
performing all over the world with his own groups since the
release of Gratitude early 2001. He has performed all over Europe
(including Paris, London, Florence and the North Sea Festival),
Canada (festivals in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver) and in top
clubs in the U.S. as well as a featured performance at the
Monterey Jazz Festival.
Following a European tour with Steve SwallowÆs Trio in December
2001, Potter recorded Traveling Mercies in January, 2002, before
taking his quartet out on a West Coast tour in February. In March
and April, he toured the U.S. with HollandÆs and Dave DouglasÆ
quintets respectively, and in the fall, he began his extensive
touring with his own group, working throughout the U.S. in
September and October, and in Europe during November and December.
Multi-reedman/composer Chris Potter is often cited by critics,
musicians, and a steadily increasing number of fans as the finest
saxophonist of his generation. Like most young jazz musicians,
Chris is well schooled in the masters. His critically acclaimed
2001 album, Gratitude (Verve) pays tribute to many of those titans
whoÆve influenced him, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Joe
Henderson, Eddie Harris, Wayne Shorter, Lester Young, Coleman
Hawkins, Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker.
But like many other of his contemporaries in and out of jazz,
ChrisÆ musical influences come from many and varied sources.
ôMy aesthetic is based in Bird and Lester Young and Sonny
[Rollins]. I want my music to have that emotional impact. What I
learned from them in terms of phrasing, sound, approach to rhythm
will never be outdated. I would like to basically use the same
aesthetic sensibility with more contemporary harmonic and rhythmic
concepts, being influenced by classical, world music, funk, rock,
rap, country, whatever...digesting new ideas, new influences to
keep the freshness alive.ö
Along with limitless creativity, a vibrant sense of swing, and a
full awareness of past, present and future, that broad-based
musical sensibility has brought Chris into the line of vision of a
diverse and heady array of artists, including James Moody, Jim
Hall, Marian McPartland, Dave Douglas, Larry Carlton, Steely Dan,
and Dave Holland, with whom Chris has been performing regularly
since 1999.
ôEach band leader, each great musician IÆve had the chance to work
with has inspired me in a certain way...Without all those
experiences I donÆt think IÆd be ready to be doing this now.ö
The ôthisö to which he refers, is leading his own ensemble, an
endeavor that has been consistently bringing him greater acclaim
and new fans all over the world. An unabashedly rhythmic player,
ChrisÆ most recent CD Traveling Mercies, his second for Verve, is
a groove-oriented date that makes no sacrifices or compromises in
the quest for musical integrity and communication with his
audience.
ôI want people to dance if they can, to feel the music and not
think of it as something complicated and forbidding. I want to be
communicating something. You can do that and not sacrifice
anything artistically.ö
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