''Follow the Red Line'' (subtitled ''Live at the Village Vanguard'') is the third live album by

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saxophonist Chris Potter recorded in February of 2007 & released later that year on the Sunnyside label. It features Potter with guitarist Adam Rogers, keyboardist Craig Taborn and drummer Nate Smith.

Reception

The

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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "For Potter's fans, this is a worthwhile addition to his growing discography. Considering Potter as a new music composer, this indicates how his music is changing and still flowering, and in a developmental stage. Evidently Potter and the audience were very pleased with the results". All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman observed "It's an exercise in futility to find a name for the music of ''Follow the Red Line''. But as Potter blurs the lines between jazz, rock, funk and even a little afro- beat in ways that are finally being accepted again two decades after The New York Times declared the "pestilence known as fusion is dead," the best word to describe this recording is, quite simply, great".Kelman, J
All About Jazz Review
September 4, 2007 Another review by Martin Longley stated "Potter penned nearly all the disc's pieces, all averaging around 13 minutes apiece; ample time to drive a powerful rhythmic point deep into the bowels. ... The extended length of these numbers is a bonus, as their live crackle is properly encapsulated on plastic, a valuable souvenir of what must have been an electrifying residency".Longley, M
All About Jazz Review
June 7, 2008 In JazzTimes, David R. Adler wrote "All the material on ''Red Line'' is new. The takes are long, and we can hear Potter count off the tempos. His writing is full of tension and release, combining short, syncopated hooks and involved unison lines, open-ended vamps and passages of rippling harmonic complexity".Adler, D. R
JazzTimes Review
November 2007

Track listing

All compositions by Chris Potter except where indicated # "Train" – 15:59 # "Arjuna" – 14:41 # "Pop Tune #1" – 11:56 # "Viva Las Vilnius" – 12:59 # "Zea" – 6:52 # "Togo" (

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Personnel

* Chris Potter –

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* Adam Rogers − guitar * Craig Taborn –

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* Nate Smith – drums

References

{{reflist Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) live albums 2007 live albums Sunnyside Records live albums Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard