Nonesuch records, 2014 with pat metheny s unity group its a wonder that chris potter has had time for his own projects. Chris potter underground orchestra extended analysis chris potter john kelman ecm records united states new york new york city michael brecker red rodney dave holland craig taborn david virelles adam rogers nate smith steve nelson mark feldman scott colley fima ephron manfred eicher chris potter underground orchestra. References are multiidiomatic and multicultural, and potter had arabic and indian string sections in mind, as well as contemporary composition, when shaping this material. More than ordinary guidebooks, they introduce the visitor or armchair traveller to each citys unique presentday identity and its links with the past.
Imaginary cities, an album of great power and expressive range, is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Imaginary cities by chris potter and underground orchestra. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and marimba man steve nelson. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days. A worldclass soloist, accomplished composer and formidable bandleader, saxophonist chris potter has emerged as a leading light of his generation. This prompted us to talk about the best imaginary worlds in childrens books. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015. While most exercises in combining jazz composition. It embraces modern classical music as part of a striking whole. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbowtoelbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearnedfor better place.
Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities cd. One of the most respected saxophonists in jazz since his arrival in the early 90s, chris potter has credits including dave holland, steely dan, and recently pat metheny unity band. Chris potter is fast becoming one of the most highly regarded tenor saxophonists around, and this, his first album under his own name, offers a fantastic showcase of his impressive talent. He founded eli bennett publishing in 2012 with the release of the ebook chris potter plays acapella solo standards.
Jan 09, 2012 after directing and producing the first two harry potter films, hollywood vip chris columbus is now set to unleash his own fantasy adventure series for children on the world of books. Ive learned lots of lessons, and now its time to share them. Albums include imaginary cities, circuits, and the sirens. The dreamer is the dream is a studio album by american jazz saxophonist chris potter released by the ecm label on 21 april 2017. On the sirens, potter completely redefined the sonic tapestry of a traditional acoustic saxpianobassdrums quartet by adding a second keyboard player david virelles on celeste, harmonium and prepared piano. Some find it alone, others in collaboration the new. Harry potter director chris columbus to write childrens. Imaginary cities chris potter underground orchestra, chris. Signup for updates, latest works and news get new art alerts.
Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Chris potter is an american jazz saxophonist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist. A series offering indepth cultural, historical and literary guides to the great cities of the world. Imaginary cities is a rich exploration of the city in myth, fiction and history.
The saxophonist expanded the reach of his underground quartet for 2015s imaginary cities. Yet with the sirens ecm, 20an acoustic suite inspired by homers odyssey potter was in the composing form of his life. Some of chris potters best recordings are by the group he calls underground, with craig taborn on fender rhodes, adam rogers on guitar and nate smith on drums. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and. Chris potter and the underground orchestra imaginary cities. Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potters new underground orchestra. Potter came to prominence as a sideman with trumpeter red rodney, before stints with drummer paul motian, bassist dave holland, trumpeter dave douglas and others. Jan 22, 2015 the title music here is a fourpart suite written for a combination of potters regular underground band, two basses and a string quartet.
Imaginary cities proves that chris potter is not just a composer of interesting jazz. Apr 10, 2012 imaginary cities playing an acoustic version of their song ride this out from the album temporary resident at their jam space in winnipeg, manitoba, canada. Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Publishers weekly published this list of the ten best imaginary countries in literature.
See more ideas about childrens books, books and book activities. The record seems to have two central focuses, writing for a unique instrumentation includes string quartet and improvisatory exploration. Imaginary cities s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Imaginary cities by chris potter underground orchestra.
Underground orchestra imaginary cities imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. The premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Potter s writing on imaginary cities engages every aspect of his jazz palette. Complete your chris potter underground orchestra collection. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities amazon.
Chris potter imaginary cities vinyl lp amoeba music. There is, however, a suitelike continuity to the entire album. The imaginary network expanded ine is a network of art sharing subreddits ranging from broad in subject to very specific. I go outside nearly every day to try and capture what i see and feel. As with his last ecm release, the sirens, imaginary cities is equally audacious, but in a completely different way. Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015 flac tracks 24bit88,2 khz time 71. It is his most ambitious project to date, and arguably his most expertly articulated. Imaginary cities is a canadian indie pop band based in winnipeg, manitoba. Only amanda can see her imaginary friend until the sinister mr bunting arrives at amandas door. Chris potter born january 1, 1971 is an american jazz saxophonist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist potter came to prominence as a sideman with trumpeter red rodney, before stints with drummer paul motian, bassist dave holland, trumpeter dave douglas and others. The thread that links these previous recordings with imaginary cities is potter s narrative versatility. Discover book depositorys huge selection of chris w potter books online. Saxophonist chris potters four piece underground has been one of the most. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities album epk.
Chris potter s new conceptual piece doesnt always integrate jazz and modern classical seamlessly, but theres some fascinating stuff here, writes john fordham. Imaginary cities, an album by chris potter, underground orchestra on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. All fictional worlds are imaginary, but some are more imaginary than others. Theres friendship and peril, and a very nasty character who wants to eat all of the imaginary friends. Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities. Photos from an underground tour in 2008 with chris, craig taborn rhodes, adam rogers guitar and nate smith drums.
To say i was excited about receiving my copy of chris potter s imaginary cities would be one of the biggest understatements of 2015. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet. Perfect for children with big imaginations, and who like a bit of scare in their stories. One of the cultural imaginary is the instantaneous and ubiquitous circulation of information in cities. Its an excellent showcase for potter, taborn, and the string quartet, who all deliver excellent solos while keeping the tunes large landscape feel throughout one can hear traces of aaron copeland in some of its thematic lines. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet. Zea, a live recording with hungarian ethnojazz group mihaly dresch quartet, arrived in 2017. I really like the idea of showcasing different urban rowhouses from around the world on one street as a symbol of diversity and appraisal of architecture. Music profile for chris potter, born 1 january 1971.
Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities chris potter tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet adam rogers guitars craig. But can a boy who isnt there survive without a friend to dream him up. A profound paradigm shift for the saxophonist, imaginary cities suggests that the end point of potter s potential seems still very far beyond the horizon. It is the goal of the ine to share, inspire, discuss and appreciate static image paintings, drawings, and digital art while maintaining artist credit and source links. Every time i hike out to an amazing spot, i get an overwhelming sense of potential.
The band consists of multiinstrumentalist rusty matyas, formerly of the waking eyes and a sometime collaborator with the weakerthans, and vocalist marti sarbit. Regardless of extra content, chris potter and the underground orchestra have created one of the most dynamic, atmospheric, and imaginative works not only in jazz, but in the field of modern popular music. Imaginary cities by chris potter saxophonechris potter. Chris potter imaginary cities dokumentation youtube.
Secondo disco realizzato per letichetta ecm dopo the sirensconcept album in quintetto del 20 ispirato allodissea imaginary cities presenta una suite. No two days are alike and there are so many beautiful places that its impossible to run out of subjects and inspiration. Saxophonist chris potter s four piece underground has been one of the most listenedto small groups of the past decade. This is chris potter megalopolis by rcapmusic on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Imaginary cities by chris potter, released in 2015 on ecm records. Published march 19, 2015april 25, 2019 by thomas conrad.
The breadth of topics mentioned and the knowledge of darran anderson is breathtaking, but there is so much going on and its so wide ranging that its a little bit difficult for it all to be memorable. Imaginary cities ride this out acoustic version youtube. Imaginary cities chris potter orchestra musicians friend. Bunting eats imaginary beings to live another year of his life. The album was credited to the chris potter underground orchestra. Chris potter interview and imaginary cities if you havent heard, chris potter s fantastic new album, imaginary cities, is out. We believe that people in a modern city, regardless of their social status, educational background and etc. Not the least of the achievements of imaginary cities is the way in which potter has extended the tremendous rhythmic drive of his underground band into his music for the larger group. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities chris potter. Chris potter plays acapella solo standards the official. The gruffalo by julia donaldson, the sasquatch escape by suzanne selfors, hotel fantastic by thomas gibault, fantas. Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s underground orchestra. Dec 31, 2009 imaginary cities hummingbird, released 31 december 2009 hailing from austin, texas, choffel lays her jazztinged, blueeyed, smokey nsoulful vocals over pop leaning gems.
Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015, cd. Im chris potter, the guy behind lessons learned in business. In addition to its original lineup, potter added two bass players and a string quartet. Chris potter, author at lessons learned in business. The strings players selectively shadow potters moves before potter rips off one of signature scorcher solos, followed by nelsons puckish one. Imaginary cities listen and stream free music, albums, new. Digital booklet imaginary cities, an album of great power and expressive range, is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Best imaginary worlds in childrens books nosy crow. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland.
At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and marimba. Find similar albums to imaginary cities chris potter underground orchestra, chris potter on allmusic. Potter s writing on imaginary cities engages every aspect of his jazz. Buy chris potter underground orchestra, chris potter s album titled imaginary cities to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. When he made his debut for ecm in february 20 i was excited at what would happen. His new album introduces an expanded version of the underground quartet. Eli bennett is a 35timeawardwinning saxophonist and has studied with chris potter. And theres a scary image of his rows and rows of teeth as he tries to eat rudger. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities. Parents need to know the imaginary is a fantasy about a little girl, amanda, and her imaginary friend, rudger, that has some ageappropriate scariness. Soon rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. Potter has recorded with dave holland on several occasions, and has won the danish jazzpar prize.
The concept of the four movement structure of imaginary cities. Best imaginary worlds in childrens books march 25, 20. He expands his eclectic underground quartet here to. Imaginary cities listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos imaginary cities.