Chris Potter "Anthropology"

[@johnlindstrom9994]

Potter has HUMOR, one of the very best attributes of BeBop. Dizzy was one of America's funniest guys. Parker joked too. Music that makes you chuckle is good music. Coltrane got serious, which was necessary too.

[@SoaringTrumpet]

+John Lindstrom Your comment deserves top spot on this vid. The only thing I want to echo is this: Coltrane is king!

[@kindconsciousness8010]

+John Lindstrom Dexter always makes me laugh too. Multiple quotes in every tune it seems...

[@aqualili]

I've never met a cat who couldn't have a good time.

[@xaptronic]

I believe this is why people hate Jacob Collier

[@MexicansLoveMeh]

Alex Pilon but why ?

[@alexmanoukas1096]

almost the lick at 1:10

[@alfredmadere9030]

+alex manoukas i heard that too!

[@coffeybean3758]

ikr

[@tristanhmusic]

I think it counts since he only added that D before resolving it :P

[@ganlanwang9286]

hahh

[@zachindie]

Forget being one of the best tenor players under the age of 40, he's definitely one of the best tenor players of all time.

[@Jens67]

Nice.. the Rhythm a Ning quote in the start of his solo....

[@carlz13]

Belo Sax! Show!

[@davidscott1052]

he also quotes "eternal triangle " in his solo at 1.27

[@richardgordon8110]

Jens Lima dos Santos

[@troysmithfr]

That rhythm section.

[@alfredmadere9030]

can we take a moment for that pianist!

[@bodyjazz]

+Alfred Madere - Hey thanks Alfred! It seems like listeners here mostly pay attention to the name! Chris is great of course. He even plays on one of my own CDs. But listen to this rhythm section. It's a great one!! I've played with everyone from Stan Getz to Stanley Turrentine to Joe Lovano to Kenny Garrett to Benny Golson to Don Cherry to John Abercrombie to Bill Frisell to Maceo Parker to Fred Wesley to Tony Malaby to Vusi Mahlasela to Tony Allen to Toninho Horta and on and on but nobody pays attention!! Sad that many people are so name oriented!! I hope we all learn to listen better!!

[@ogdTo]

Yep, your solo is fuc*** stunning !!! But of course, in this take everyone is awesome...

[@mariostoumbas6531]

Peter I am a jazz pianist and trust me this is one of the best piano solos i have heard on rhythm changes! Combines modern and traditional elements and has a great build-up!! I have heard this video tens of time just for your solo man!

[@johnlindstrom9994]

Agreed! The whole band is tight and right on. Churning!

[@bluetv6386]

Support! Top job!

[@SoaringTrumpet]

I'm a South Carolinian, same as Chris, but the difference is he made a name for himself as a teenager, nobody could touch him, and he's only gotten better. Man alive, he's become one of the best tenor players alive!

[@bestaff]

If you like Potter, you'll like Joel Frahm too.

[@davidscott1052]

I sure do ...best tenors in the business

[@SoaringTrumpet]

I was a teenager in 90's SC, trumpet player, heard about this Potter fella and figured he was that standard "topnotch sax player in your state "...years later he becomes one the great tenors in the world. South Carolina deserves no credit, but regardless I love bragging about where this kid hails from.

[@saxmatt]

Parker was playing Lester Young before he figured out how to play Bird, Trane was playing Lester Young and Bird before he figured out how to play Trane, and Potter was playing Bird and Trane before he figured out how to play Potter ;-)

[@jazzygiraffe8589]

saxmatt Trane played not Young but Hodges before he discovered Bird.

[@farshimelt]

Everybody comes from somebody.

[@SlimEstrada]

Lovely playing. I can hear your voice, as Gary Burton says, and it's loud and clear.

[@gs-craig]

cool little improv licks in the bridge, and is very clear so great to play along with to learn the song. Been using this recording to get it down on alto sax, and I'm now playing it at about 280 bpm, so getting much closer! Wish me luck everyone, this shit is hard

[@v1sualizewhirledpeas]

Uh guys???? All you guys "judging" Chris's style--traditional, like it, don't like it, whatever??? THIS IS FROM 1998--THE PLAYING. The post is from 2010!!! Believe me, he evolved tremendously in that time, and has clearly cemented himself as a Master Tenor Saxophonist with what he has created in his sound now, and evolved. Check out Underground. Check out The Dave Holland Quintet. The guy has, as all jazz players traditionally do, Paid His Dues--mastered Parker for saxophonists--and this is an example of that. What he's doing NOW--in 2015--I have yet to hear. I'm into about 2010-2011 with his Body of Work at this point--alot to listen to. But his work with the aforementioned, Dave Douglas and others is Truly Progressive in the time since he mastered this Be-bop Standard. Thank god he's still around, with the untimely losses of Michael Brecker and Bob Berg--yeah, I said it--right there with Josh and Branford and Lovano and all the other Post-Coltrane guys. The TenorMan is alive and well!!

[@gamasax]

+Nate Swearingen i still am listening to his work with Dave Holland. He is Enourmophonicgigantic everything good! Amazing brains, heart and lungs!

[@davidarteagamusic5991]

SIRENS!!! :)

[@MSNYQ]

Sam this must be one of the best comments i ever read in a youtube video, I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments and sadly it is true that nobody gives a shit about jazz anymore.... which is a shame... and definitely jazz musicians / fans should not fight over these stupid things, but just enjoy greatness! LONG LIVE TO CHRIS!

[@ChrisAndrewsJazz]

I think people aren't talking enough about the fat tone he has on the horn. Really unique sound concept

[@davidarteagamusic5991]

indeed! so much personality. :)

[@farshimelt]

That's one reason why it's necessary to listen to Sonny Rollins.

[@DVESam]

This is the sh*t. Stunning command of the entire instrument. I'm a tenor player ( or at least thought I was was until I heard this) and am duly awed. Some fellow musicians kept telling me "You gotta hear Chris Potter!"...wow, now I know why. Incredible phrasing, timing, ideas, range, tone....need I go on. Love it when a new voice enters the fray and just completely stands out with a unique voice. Not easy to achieve.

[@peterisancverins]

1:11 the lick

[@kristofveininger223]

almost :]

[@alfredmadere9030]

i caught that :D

[@jamescontact7300]

0:31 second line (Joe Avery Blues)

[@UkuleleAversion]

Don't you mean Rhythm-a-Ning (T. Monk) JP?

[@adrimstyler]

almost

[@ChuckParDue1953]

I had the priviedge of setting in with Dick Goodwin's band at a club in Columbia, SC in 1985. In came this 15 year old boy carrying all these saxophones. I knew immediately that the polite young man was going to be a giant!! His name was Chris Potter!

[@guiladshmaya1]

One of the best under 50..if not THE BEST

[@3OrMoreBones]

can't say that in a few years XD

[@davidarteagamusic5991]

THE Best, hands down! Speaking as a sax fiend. :)

[@cel991]

This man is a Master! The whole band is fantastic.

[@ChuckParDue1953]

Believe me, at 15 years old he was already one of the world's greatest sax players!!

[@MassiveFriend]

best saxophone player alive by far

[@davidscott1052]

He's great ....but so is Joel Frahm....check him out

[@paxwallacejazz]

Oh wow man works for me . integrated unobtrusive polytonal vs.inside all the way for both solos . Reverence for the tradition by a modern master .

[@ThePhunkyPharaoh]

He came to my school today :D

[@Bebopopotamus]

Take action! Maybe they just don't know what's out there. Don't wait for someone else to do it. Do it yourself!

[@Bebopopotamus]

That's the spirit.

[@SwirlMedia]

Ernie Watts came to my school last year and our top Jazz band is going to play at Midwest

[@stevebr551]

you should hear Chris play piano. better than most pianists

[@NeilS.]

damn that piano solo tho!!

[@davidscott1052]

Potter and Frahm my two favourite tenor guys...would love to see them both on the bandstand together...wow!!!! Mind blown

[@PierreVeniot]

So much vocabulary and precise tone. He must be one of the best actual saxophone performer.

[@stanfrets]

The most advanced saxophone player in the history of history....

[@snipercheez]

Just saw him here in Santa Cruz playing with Mccoy Tyner....Pretty Amazing Show.

[@gabe487]

its unnerving that he's just staring you down...

[@romainbertrand253]

Chris Potter is an awesome musician. He's an entertainer too. Wich is a great quality IMO.

[@zackrawlings]

chris potter fan or not...how can anyone talk badly about this guy!?! he sounds like a million bucks!

[@alvintucker8432]

wow. Peter Madsen needs to teach me everything he knows. Grade A job Chris Potter, wish u would teach me too.

[@chriss1152]

THE SAXOPHONE IS AN ART THAT'S NOT EASY TO LEARN JUST LIKE JAZZ YOU HAVE AN EAR FOR IT

[@johnhurley1000]

Fantastic version of Anthropology. I'm learning to to go further than the mainstream jazz.

[@Guitfiddlejase]

I had always thought that Chris Potter was some smooth jazz type! I guess I was mistaken! Thank you for posting.

[@backwardspicking]

Chris, you are an amazing genius!

[@steefsax]

I transcribed Chris' solo sometime ago, inspiring!!

[@549heydrew]

Even if they are of the same level, I still think that its ok to have preferences on who they like listening to better. They're not slamming one player, all they're doing is saying that they prefer one over another.

[@gurugusguru9724]

Impecable !

[@nigelpollitt5124]

I have deleted my earlier comment about poor sound balance, I was using crap headphones! It's an amazing performance and recording

[@sotender48]

Great!Great musicians!Best regards from ROMA and a Happy Newe Year!

[@Romanromanprivatarcordekot]

Bravo , Bravo , Bravissimo .

[@jazzmartyrs]

Does anyone know what record this is from? Or perhaps it's just a bootleg live recording?

[@danddel]

that first lick he played at the beginning the solo reminds me of rhythm-a-ning by monk

[@TimboJuice19]

0:46 The lick

[@jeannes3577]

woooow il love it ! It the Dizzy Gillespie's music but I still love it. There is passion and musicality so what more ? I

[@farshimelt]

Even Dizzy said, Bebop is Charlie Parker's music.

[@scomdnz9]

awesome :). i love cp's many phrasing styles. you can tell a master of jazz when he can speak it in so many ways.

[@oursful]

Bravo chris is good music !

[@DinoDiniProductions]

12 people are dead inside

[@Skyman2596]

.....now play it at Charlie Parker's speed. Ha ha just kidding, great sound, beautiful man!

[@saxophoneninja]

@danddel makes sense, both Anthropology and Rhythm-a-ning have rhythm changes

[@salvatorearena8642]

A big musician.Great

[@zackrawlings]

loved the opening lick in the first 4 bars. Obv true to roots of the contrafact, but then he throws in the last two notes to take it "INTO THE FUTURE"

[@benvizemusic]

Brecker? Coltrane ? Mintzer ? Potter DEFINITELY?! i could go on for hours! they might not be clones of parker, but they are all as good as eachother in their own right!!

[@mixedwoodplain]

Amen brother, or sister!

[@shamz2]

1:19. My goodness this man is a monster.

[@egyptianminor]

Great playing, great tone, sound; who cares if he's sounds more 'traditional? Even if you can hear more Dexter Gordon or some traditional cat in his playing here, Potter is his own man and he can get well into Henderson, Coltrane, Redman when he feels it suits the occasion. Don't get me wrong, Brecker is one of my favorites of all time. But when talking about 'modern', let's bring in Gary Thomas into the fold, and mention Steve Coleman and Greg Osby for Alto sax modernism - all great players.

[@BattleGunz70]

Marvelous!!!!

[@evavandersterren6609]

I heard the licka few time! 😜 But really awesome

[@GidsyWidsy]

i saw chris potter in sydney a few weeks ago, amazing show :D

[@catmatou]

I couldn't agree with you more!

[@RafaelLuna18]

@gotmeagrape That is so awesome to hear that you are listening to the right people if you want to keep that jazz generation going forward. definitely a guy to check out.

[@quinsanity]

@MassiveFriend No offense man, but you need to check out Kenny Garrett. ( NOT Kenny G)..

[@brandomiranda6703]

Is this beauty on spotify?

[@RafaelLuna18]

Bad ass. Definitely no other like Chris potter. Yeah!!! . the piano solo was cool to but chris is always puts that smile on your face when he starts playing.

[@gas-o2190]

alguem com esse album completo?

[@SOIBand]

soo true , you deserve more thumbs up !

[@strigyes]

Thanks!

[@maximedanjou7927]

Does someone understand the phrase at 1:00? I analyze it as Abmaj9, Dmaj7, Dbm7 Cm7(b5) E and Amaj7 over the last 4 bars. But, That’s hard to explain over the Rhythm changes...

[@samepstein]

-Motifs I noticed in this 4 bar phrase: starting or ending arpeggios on the 3rd; also playing Maj7 arpeggios from the leading tone, and from the tritone, as a dominant to tonic resolution. -I see the Abmaj9 as an Fm11 arpeggio starting from the b3, then the Dmaj7 arpeggio gives you 3 #5 M7 #9 over Bb7. -You can think of Dbm7 as Amaj9, a tritone sub with a major 7, over Eb7 leading to Ab7. Again he plays starting from the 3rd (C#). -The Cm7b5 descending arpeggio outlines Ab9 (the actual chord there) arpeggio descending from the 9 which again resolves to the 3rd, (C). -He slips in the 3rd and 5th of a D minor triad over Dmin7 on beat 2 of the third bar. -The E major arpeggio descending from 3 -1 -5 -1 outlines a G7b9 sound which fits the chord there nicely. -The last bar sounds more like F7 than BbMaj, with an enclosure around the leading tone A, then the Amaj7 arpeggio leading to Bb.

[@BAMeynig]

damn. can't wait to see where this cat goes in the future.

[@549heydrew]

@Thundermonkeyms I'm sick of the lick too, but Potter just makes it sound so cool to play it!

[@steveharris1571]

549heydrew steely dan

[@regeface]

dat side stepping... haha awesome

[@reboulleaubernard750]

the greatest !

[@chrisweatherstone]

@danddel Such a nice interpolation of that melody!

[@Thundermonkeyms]

0:46 oh jeez the lick has taken over chris potter too lol. :)

[@brandonmeenan687]

1:12

[@goodlife6145]

Who's the pianist on this recording?

[@evanmiles2652]

4:13 🔥🔥

[@avuolo]

what record is this from?

[@FurySponge]

Damn right!

[@harbansjoeljr]

@mariavasilei Shorter, Prez, Hawkins, Redman, Branford......

[@Lcaceres74]

@danddel thats because it is! haha

[@StavGoldberg]

TIGHT!

[@alvintucker2347]

2:00-2:12 is nasty

[@LosOnTheKeys]

this reminds me of Steve Ruel

[@PJTheCurryGod]

1:27 eternal triangle quote

[@dimitriskaraganis]

yeahhh

[@tenthgate8090]

don't like commentary that puts sax players in terms of best or whatever, doesn't make any sense in jazz. doubt they'd wanna be seen that way either

[@mikeplante8142]

He is GOD !!! 🤪

[@jjaabblleess]

@danddel he was quoting it

[@richardgordon8110]

THIS CAT IS THE REINCARNATION OF BIRD.

[@farshimelt]

Ain't know such thing.

[@Frisbieinstein]

Nah. That's Saori Yano.

[@williamchiew318]

I had pains reading that.

[@marselmusic]

1:11 :0 ooh! come on u know what i mean XD

[@saxmatt]

and they were all playing Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky...

[@bobdelord9921]

Thumbs Up!!!

[@lincolnrossmusic]

Who has gotten to the Parker level ?

[@satio1013]

'Diggin in Digging Out'　Tom Cohen

[@studbagl]

@pwnmaster9 Lol, right???