Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Potter first came to prominence as a sideman with trumpeter
Red Rodney
Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...
(1992–1993), before extended stints with drummer
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
(1994–2009), bassist
Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
(1999–2007), trumpeter Dave Douglas (1998–2003) and session work, while also maintaining an active solo career.Huey, Steve Chris Potter Biography accessed 10 November 2015
Biography
Chris Potter was born in Chicago, Illinois, but his family moved to
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is List of municipalities in South Carolina, the second-largest ...
, where he spent his formative years. Potter showed an early interest in a wide variety of different music and learned several instruments, including the guitar and piano. He realized after hearing
Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " Take Five". He ...
that the saxophone would be the vehicle that would best allow him to express himself musically. He has been quoted by
Jazz Times
''JazzTimes'' is an American magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1970 by Ira Sabin as the newsletter ''Radio Free Jazz'' to complement his record store.
Coverage
After a decade of growth ...
as saying that, "'Music has always been a vehicle for me to investigate the things that are important about life. It’s been a way of figuring out what it is I need to say. Plus, I keep learning new things about it.'"
He took up the alto saxophone at age 10, playing his first jazz gig at 13. He developed a devoted local following while performing with
Johnny Helms
John Newton "Johnny" Helms (February 10, 1935 – March 27, 2015) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, and music educator from Columbia, South Carolina. He performed with Chris Potter, Tommy Newsom, Bill Watrous, Red Rodney, Woo ...
and
Terry Rosen
Terry Rosen (September 26, 1939 – December 30, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist, concert promoter, and radio DJ.
Early career
Terry Rosen was born in Atlanta, Georgia but moved with his parents to Columbia, South Carolina at the age of thre ...
. After leaving Columbia upon his graduation from
Dreher High School
Dreher High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Richland County School District One located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Dreher, established in 1938, is one of the oldest public high schools in South Carolina ...
, Potter attended college in New York City, first at
The New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...
Red Rodney
Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...
. He is currently based out of New York City.
Recordings
Potter has released over twenty albums as a leader and performed as a sideman on more than 150 more. Some of the artists he has played with include
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progre ...
,
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
,
Patricia Barber
Patricia Barber (born November 8, 1955) is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.
Biography
Barber's father Floyd was a jazz saxophonist who played with Bud Freeman and Glenn Miller. She played saxophone and piano from a young ...
,
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...
, the
Mingus Big Band
The Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Monda ...
,
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...
,
Mike Mainieri
Michael T. Mainieri Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American vibraphonist, known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead. He is married to the singer-songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen.
Biography
Mainieri was born in The Bronx, Ne ...
,
Nguyen Le
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By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...
,
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.
...
Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
and
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.
Music career
Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...
.
His 2006 album ''Underground'', on which he recorded with an electric, "groove"-based ensemble featuring keyboardist
Craig Taborn
Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was i ...
, guitarists
Wayne Krantz
Wayne Krantz is an American guitarist and composer. He has performed and recorded with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Billy Cobham, Chris Potter, David Binney, and Carla Bley. Since the early 1990s, Krantz has focused primarily ...
or Adam Rogers and drummer Nate Smith, was followed by the expansive ''Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard'' with Rogers on all six of its tracks. This group have reunited with Potter multiple times throughout his career, and recorded & toured extensively.
Awards and honors
His 1998 album ''Vertigo'' was named one of the year's top ten jazz CDs by both Jazziz magazine and ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
''. The album was inspired by a bout of
Ménière's disease
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that caused severe dizziness and damaged his hearing in one ear. He was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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for his work on the
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.
Music career
Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...
album ''Pink Elephant Magic''. He was awarded the
Jazzpar Prize The Jazzpar Prize (established 1990) was an annual Danish jazz prize founded by trumpeter Arnvid Meyer. The winner was chosen from five nominees among internationally recognized performers. The winner received 200,000 Danish crowns and a bronze stat ...
in 2000. His 2004 album ''Lift: Live at Village Vanguard'' was named one of the year's ten best jazz recordings by Fred Kaplan of '' Slate''.
Potter has appeared in the ''
Down Beat
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
'' Critic's and Reader's Polls and named Rising Star for Best Tenor Saxophonist in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was honored as ''Tenor Saxophonist of the Year'' 2013 by the
Jazz Journalists Association The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) is an international organization of all types of media professionals who document, promulgate, or appreciate jazz. As of 2016, it has approximately 250 members, including professional journalists, students, ind ...
.
Discography
As leader
* ''
Presenting Chris Potter
''Presenting Chris Potter'' is the debut album led by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter which was recorded on December 29, 1992, and released in 1993 in the Netherlands by the Criss Cross Jazz label.Criss Cross Jazz
Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz.
Criss Cross was established in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German professor.
, 1993)
* ''
Concentric Circles
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'' (
Concord Jazz
Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...
, 1994)
* ''
Pure
Pure may refer to:
Computing
* A pure function
* A pure virtual function
* PureSystems, a family of computer systems introduced by IBM in 2012
* Pure Software, a company founded in 1991 by Reed Hastings to support the Purify tool
* Pure-FTPd, F ...
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...
Vertigo
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'' (Concord Jazz, 1998)
* ''
This Will Be
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by Richard Evans and performed by American singer Natalie Cole. Often appended with "(An Everlasting Love)" but not released as such, this was Cole's debut single, releas ...
Gratitude
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'' (
Verve
Verve may refer to:
Music
* The Verve, an English rock band
* ''The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve
* ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album)
* Verve Records, an American jazz record label
Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee ho ...
Underground
Underground most commonly refers to:
* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground ...
'' (Sunnyside, 2006)
* ''
Song for Anyone
''Song for Anyone'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter released on the Sunnyside label in 2007.Follow the Red Line'' (Sunnyside, 2007)
* '' Ultrahang'' (
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is the internet's first commercial crowdfunding website.Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign It also operates as a record label and business model for artists which enables them to fund their projec ...
, 2009)
* ''
Transatlantic
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Film
* Transatlantic Pictures, a film production company from 1948 to 1950
* Transatlantic Enterprises, an American production company in the late 1970s
* ''Transatlantic'' (1931 film) ...
'' (Red Dot Music, 2011) with
DR Big Band
The Danish Radio Big Band (aka: DR Big Band), often referred to as the Radioens Big Band is a radio ensemble and big band founded in Copenhagen in 1964 at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR).
Band history
Originally called the New Radio ...
Imaginary Cities
Imaginary Cities was a Canadian indie pop duo based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The project consisted of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Matyas, formerly of The Waking Eyes and a sometime collaborator of The Weakerthans, and vocalist Marti Sarbit.
'' (ECM, 2015)
* ''
The Dreamer Is the Dream
''The Dreamer Is the Dream'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Chris Potter recorded in June 2016 and released on ECM April the following year—his third release for the label.Circuits'' (
Edition
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* Edition (book), a bibliographical term for a substantially similar set of copies
* Edition (printmaking), a publishing term for a set print run
* Edition (textual criticism), a particular version of a text
* Edition Recor ...
, 2019)
* ''There Is a Tide'' (Edition, 2020)
* '' Sunrise Reprise'' (Edition, 2021)
As sideman
With
David Binney
David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American alto saxophonist and composer.
Early life
Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John C ...
* ''South'' (ACT, 2001)
* ''Welcome to Life'' (Mythology, 2004)
* ''Bastion of Sanity'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2005)
* ''Graylen Epicenter'' (Mythology, 2011)
With Scott Colley
* ''Portable Universe'' (Free Lance, 1996)
* '' Subliminal...'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1997)
* ''This Place'' (SteepleChase, 1998)
* ''The Magic Line'' (ArtistShare, 2008)
With Dave Douglas
* '' Magic Triangle'' (
Arabesque
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, 1998)
* ''
Leap of Faith
A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something outside the boundaries of reason.
Overview
The phrase is commonly attributed to Søren Kierkegaard; however, he never used the term, as he ...
'' (Arabesque, 1999)
* ''
The Infinite
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Since the time of the ancient Greeks, the philosophical nature of infinity was the subject of many discussions amo ...
'' (
RCA
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Bluebird
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...
, 2003)
With
Fleurine
Fleurine Verloop, known professionally as Fleurine, is a Dutch jazz vocalist."Fleurine" ...
* ''
San Francisco
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'' (Sunnyside, 2008)
* ''Brazilian Dream'' (Sunnyside, 2018)
With
James Francies
James Francies (born 1995) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Houston but moved to New York to continue his musical studies. Following performances and recordings with various musicians, his first albu ...
* ''Flight'' (Blue Note, 2018)
With
Greg Gisbert
Gregory Lyle Gisbert (born February 2, 1966 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Gary W. Kennedy, ''"Greg Gisbert''. '' Grove Jazz'' online
Early years and school
Gisbert played drums with his father as a chil ...
* ''Harcology'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1994)
* ''On Second Thought'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1994)
With
Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
Not for Nothin'
''Not for Nothin' '' is English jazz bassist Dave Holland's studio album released on August 21, 2001 via the ECM label. Saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks, vibraphonist Steve Nelson and drummer Billy Kilson return from Hollan ...
'' (ECM, 2001)
* ''
What Goes Around
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*"What Goes Around", a song by Ringo Starr from his 1992 album ''Time Takes Time
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Overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
'' (Dare2, 2005)
* ''
Critical Mass
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'' (Dare2, 2006)
* ''The Monterey Quartet (Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eric Harland)'' (Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival, 2007)
* '' Pathways'' (Dare2, 2010)
* '' Aziza'' (Dare2, 2016)
* ''Good Hope'' (Edition, 2019)
With
Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor (born April 12, 1973) is an American jazz trumpeter.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Kisor learned trumpet from his father, Larry Kisor, and started playing in a local dance band (the Eddie Skeets Orchestra) at age ten. Kisor began clas ...
* ''On the One'' (Columbia, 1993)
* ''Power Source'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1999)
With
Susannah McCorkle
Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer.
Life and career
A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to ...
* ''Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter'' (Concord Jazz, 1996)
* ''Let's Face the Music: The Songs of Irving Berlin'' (Concord Jazz, 1997)
* ''Someone to Watch Over Me: The Songs of George Gershwin'' (Concord Jazz, 1998)
With
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progre ...
* ''
Unity Band
''Unity Band'' is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny along with saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams and drummer Antonio Sánchez. This is the first Metheny album featuring a tenor saxophonist in 32 years (since 1 ...
The Unity Sessions
''The Unity Sessions'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and his Unity Band: saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams, keyboardist Giulio Carmassi and drummer Antonio Sánchez. A live album in a studio setting, it was re ...
'' (Nonesuch, 2016)
With
Mingus Big Band
The Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Monda ...
* ''Mingus Big Band 93 - Nostalgia in Times Square'' (Dreyfus, 1993)
* ''!Que Viva Mingus!'' (Dreyfus, 1997)
With
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
Winter & Winter
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Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...
Jason Moran Jason Moran may refer to:
* Jason Moran (criminal) (1967–2003), Australian mobster
* Jason Moran (musician)
Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical inst ...
(ECM, 2010)
With
John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...
* ''One More Angel'' (Concord Jazz, 1997)
* ''Now'' (Concord Jazz, 1998)
* ''Imprint'' (Concord Jazz, 2000)
* ''Line by Line'' (Concord Jazz, 2006)
With Adam Rogers
* ''Allegory'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2003)
* ''Apparitions'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2005)
With Renee Rosnes
* ''Ancestors'' (Blue Note, 1996)
* As We Are Now (Blue Note, 1997)
* ''Life on Earth'' (Blue Note, 2001)
* ''Beloved of the Sky'' (Smoke Sessions, 2018)
With
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin (born June 11, 1967) is a Russian jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.
Biography
Sipiagin was born on June 11, 1967. He moved from Russia to the U.S. in 1990. His first major job in the U.S. was with the Gil Evans Band. He has p ...
Alive in America
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'' (Giant, 1995)
* ''
Two Against Nature
''Two Against Nature'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was recorded from 1997 to 1999 and released on February 29, 2000, by Giant Records.
A critical success, ''Two Against Na ...
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.
...
Always Pack Your Uniform on Top
''Always Pack Your Uniform on Top'' is a live album by bassist Steve Swallow recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in December 1999 and released on the Xtra Watt label in 2000.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and the review by David R ...
John Swana
John Elliott Swana (born 1962) is an American jazz musician who played trumpet and flügelhorn until a benign tumor forced him to put down those instruments. He then picked up the valve trombone and electronic wind instrument to continue his musi ...
* ''The Feeling's Mutual'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1993)
* ''Tug of War'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1999)
With
Joris Teepe
Joris Teepe is a Dutch jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and big-band leader. He plays contemporary jazz, bebop, and free jazz.
Biography
Teepe studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 1992 the left-handed bassist moved to New York City, wh ...
* ''Seven Days a Week'' (VIA Jazz, 1998)
* ''For Adults Only'' (Postcards, 2000)
With others
*
Red Rodney
Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
, ''In My Life'' (Concord Jazz, 1993)
*
Peter Madsen
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, ''Snuggling Snakes'' (Minor Music, 1993)
* James Moody, ''Live at the Blue Note'' (Telarc, 1995)
*
Randy Sandke
Jay Randall Sandke (born May 5, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.
While a student at Indiana University in 1968, he and Michael Brecker started a jazz-rock band (Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band) that performed at the Notre ...
, ''The Chase'' (Concord Jazz, 1995)
*
Billy Drummond
Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond Jr. (born June 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer.
Early life
Billy Drummond was born in Newport News, Virginia, where he grew up listening to the extensive jazz record collection of his father, an amateur dr ...
, ''Dubai'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1996)
*
Per Husby
Per Husby (born 2 April 1949 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, teacher, civil engineer, and orchestra leader.
Career
Husby was raised in Oslo together with other jazz enthusiasts like jazz journalist Knut Borge.Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television ...
, ''Dangerous'' (Concord Jazz, 1996)
* Ray Drummond, ''
Vignettes
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* Vignette (entertainment), a sketch in a sketch comedy
* Vignette (graphic design), decorative designs in books (originally in the form of leaves and vines) to separate sections or chapters
* Vignette (literature), short, i ...
'' (Arabesque, 1996)
*
Karrin Allyson
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, Scott Hamilton, Concord Jazz Festival All-Stars, ''Fujitsu-Concord 27th Jazz Festival'' (Concord, 1996)
*
Eden Atwood
Eden Atwood is an American jazz singer and actress. She is the daughter of composer Hubbard Atwood and the granddaughter of the novelist A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Career
Atwood was born in Memphis, Tennessee. When she was five, her parents got a divorc ...
, ''A Night in the Life'' (Concord Jazz, 1996)
* Billy Hart, '' Oceans of Time'' (Arabesque, 1997)
*
Ed Palermo Big Band
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, ''Plays the Music of Frank Zappa'' (Astor Place, 1997)
* The Seatbelts, ''Cowboy Bebop: Vitaminless'' (Victor, 1998)
*
Jochen Rueckert
Jochen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Jochen Asche, East German luger, competed during the 1960s
*Jochen Böhler (born 1969), German historian, specializing in the history of World War II
*Jochen Babock (born 1953), East G ...
, ''Introduction'' (Jazzline, 1998)
* Jim Hall, ''Jazzpar Quartet + 4'' (Storyville, 1998)
* Allen Farnham, ''Meets the RIAS Big Band'' (Concord, 1998)
*
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.
Music career
Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...
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Pink Elephant Magic
''Pink Elephant Magic'' is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1998 and released on the Arkadia Jazz label.Sarah Jane Cion
Sarah Jane Cion is an American author and jazz pianist.
Music career
Sarah Jane Cion received the Boston Jazz Society Award in 1988. She graduated from the New England Conservatory in 1990. In 1991, she was chosen as one of four pianists to a ...
John Fedchock
John William Fedchock (born September 18, 1957) is an American jazz trombonist, bandleader, and arranger.
Early life and education
Fedchock was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music at the ...
, ''Hit the Bricks'' (Reservoir, 2000)
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Nnenna Freelon
Nnenna Freelon (born July 28, 1954) is an American jazz singer, composer, producer, and arranger.
Early life and education
Freelon was born Chinyere Nnenna Pierce to Charles and Frances Pierce in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was raised. ...
, ''Soulcall'' (Concord Jazz, 2000)
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Nguyen Le
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, ''Bakida'' (ACT, 2000)
* Mike Gibbs, ''Nonsequence'' (Provocateur, 2001)
* Larry Carlton, ''Deep Into It'' (Warner Bros., 2001)
* Rene Marie, ''Vertigo'' (MAXJAZZ, 2001)
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Joachim Kuhn
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
, ''Universal Time'' (EmArcy, 2002)
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Kenny Rankin
Kenneth Joseph Rankin (February 10, 1940 – June 7, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter in the folk rock and singer-songwriter genres; he was influenced by jazz. Rankin would often sing notes in a high range to express emotion.
Biogr ...
, ''A Song for You'' (Verve, 2002)
* Chuck Loeb, ''eBop'' (Shanachie, 2003)
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Josh Roseman
Josh Roseman (born 5 June 1967) is an American jazz trombonist. His nickname is "Mr. Bone". He studied in Newton North High School.
Roseman was born in Boston, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. Roseman toured Jamaica with The ...
, ''Treats for the Nightwalker'' (Enja, 2003)
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Lizz Wright
Elizabeth LaCharla Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz and gospel singer.
Life and career
Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of t ...
, ''Salt'' (Verve, 2003)
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Dav ...
, ''Alegria'' (Verve, 2003)
* Mike Clark with Billy Childs and Chris Potter, ''Summertime'' (JazzKey, 2003)
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Jim Rotondi
James Robert Rotondi (born 28 August 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and conductor.
The youngest of five siblings, Rotondi was born in Butte, Montana. He played in New York City for twenty years before moving ...
, ''New Vistas'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2004)
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Enrico Pieranunzi
Enrico Pieranunzi (born 5 December 1949) is an Italian jazz pianist. He combines classical technique with jazz.
Biography
The son of Renata Brillantini and Alvaro Pieranunzi, Enrico Pieranunzi was encouraged to study music at a young age. Hi ...
, Paul Motian, with Chris Potter, ''Doorways'' (CAM Jazz, 2004)
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.
Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active i ...
Malene Mortensen
Malene Winther Mortensen (born 23 May 1982) is a Danish singer.
She entered the Danish music scene in 2001, during the first season of ''Stjerne for en aften'', the Danish edition of '' Star for a Night''. She made it to the finals, with her re ...
, ''Malene'' (Stunt, 2006)
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Miles Okazaki
Miles Okazaki (born 1974) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. Okazaki is a lecturer of jazz guitar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Early life
Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington. When he was six, he began lessons on ...
, ''Mirror'' (2006)
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Mark Sholtez
Mark Sholtez is an Australian singer-songwriter. His debut album, ''Real Street'' from 2006, has resulted in nominations for an ARIA Award and APRA Awards winning an APRA for 'Most Performed Jazz Work' for "Love Me for the Cool" in 2007. His fol ...
, ''Real Street'' (Verve, 2006)
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Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...
, ''Lawn Chair Society'' (Blue Note, 2007)
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Luciana Souza
Luciana Souza (born 12 July 1966) is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who also works in classical and chamber music. Her song ''Muita Bobeira'' was featured as a music sample on Windows Vista.
Music career
Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one ...
, ''The New Bossa Nova'' (Verve, 2007)
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Mark Soskin
Mark Samuel Soskin (born 1953) is an American jazz pianist based in New York City.
Discography
As leader
* ''Rhythm Vision,'' Prestige (1980);
* ''Overjoyed,'' Jazz City (1991);
* ''Views From Here,'' King (1992);
* ''Calypso & Jazz Arou ...
, ''One Hopeful Day'' (Kind of Blue, 2007)
* Antonio Sánchez, ''
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'' (CAM Jazz, 2007)
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Patricia Barber
Patricia Barber (born November 8, 1955) is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.
Biography
Barber's father Floyd was a jazz saxophonist who played with Bud Freeman and Glenn Miller. She played saxophone and piano from a young ...
, ''The Cole Porter Mix'' (Blue Note 2008)
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Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni,Listen t ...
, ''Circus Money'' (Mailboat, 2008)
* Ari Hoenig, ''Bert's Playground'' (Dreyfus, 2008)
* Joe Martin, ''Not by Chance'' (Anzic, 2009)
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Tim Ries
Timothy M. Ries (born 15 August 1959) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate/conservatory level. Ries is in his year as a professor of jazz studies at the University of Toronto. His un ...
, ''Live at Smalls'' (SmallsLIVE, 2010)
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Sophie Milman
Sophie Milman (born 1983) is a Russian-born Canadian jazz vocalist.
After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is Jewish, spent most of her childhood years in Israel where she listened extensively to jazz. Her family later emigr ...
, ''In the Moonlight'' (eOne, 2011)
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Adam Cruz is an American jazz drummer from New York City.
Biography
He is best known for his work with pianist Danilo Perez, saxophonist Steve Wilson (jazz musician), Steve Wilson, David Sánchez (musician), David Sanchez, and pianist Edward ...
, ''Milestone'' (Sunnyside, 2011)
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Mike Stern
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Burak Bedikyan
Burak Bedikyan is a jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Bedikyan is "a Turk of Armenian ancestry".Margasak, Peter (February 2014) "Burak Bedikyan – Circle of Life". ''Down Beat''. p. 90. Early in his life, he was interested in contempo ...
, ''Circle of Life'' (SteepleChase, 2013)
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Monika Borzym
Monika Borzym (; born March 3, 1990) is a Polish jazz singer who studied at Los Angeles Music Academy. Her debut album ''Girl Talk'', released in 2011 was certified platinum in Poland.
History
Early life and education (1998–2008)
Monika Borzy ...
, ''My Place'' (Sony 2013)
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Eldar Djangirov
Eldar Djangirov (born January 28, 1987), also known as Eldar, is an American jazz pianist. He was born in Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union to Tanya and Emil Djangirov, and is of Volga Tatar and Russian descent. He grew up in Kansas City, MO from ...
, ''Breakthrough'' (Motema, 2013)
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John Escreet
John Escreet (born 18 August 1984) is an English jazz pianist.
Biography
Escreet moved to New York in 2006. In 2008 he graduated from the Master’s Program at Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano with Kenny Barron and Jason Moran ...
, ''Sabotage and Celebration'' (Whirlwind, 2013)
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Monika Borzym
Monika Borzym (; born March 3, 1990) is a Polish jazz singer who studied at Los Angeles Music Academy. Her debut album ''Girl Talk'', released in 2011 was certified platinum in Poland.
History
Early life and education (1998–2008)
Monika Borzy ...
, ''My Place'' (Sony 2013)
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Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.
Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
, ''Messin' with Mister T'' (Strikezone 2015)
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Scott Tixier
Scott Tixier (born February 26, 1986) is a French jazz violinist and professor of jazz violin at the University of North Texas.
Life and career
Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris ...
, ''
Cosmic Adventure
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Ben Patterson
Benjamin Patterson (May 29, 1934 – June 25, 2016) was an American musician, artist, and one of the founders of the Fluxus movement.
Biography
Benjamin Patterson was born in Pittsburgh on May 29, 1934. He attended the University of Michigan fr ...
Jazz Orchestra Featuring Chris Potter, ''Vital Frequencies'' (Bonecat 2016)
* Mihaly Dresch with Chris Potter, ''Zea'' (Budapest Music Center, 2016)
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Joey Alexander
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Randy Waldman
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