Chris Potter clinic -- Tune-Up

November 12th, 2011
London, UK

[@GSWCarr]

This proves that he is really much more skilled in the ways of magic than his nephew Harry

[@tomscott1741]

LoL

[@jamesgeng2213]

7 years later and this comment is still gold

[@mambojazz1]

@@jamesgeng2213 YUP!!

[@onesyphorus]

Lmao i feel dumb it took me a few seconds

[@jackshore3735]

@@jamesgeng2213 dude I was just thinking that haha. I remember seeing this comment when I was 15

[@SwerdyJazz]

"....and that's my daily warm up. Any questions?"

[@OrmanD7]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@itboznkgvjugjtfg]

The guy on the left nods in approval, the guy on the right shakes his head in disbelief

[@tonywallens217]

nice observation guy

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

I forgot there were other humans in existence.

[@raymondraymondchen]

i love this comment

[@Tremaine26]

In the first 5 minutes he gives the clinic and in the last 6 minutes he thoroughly lays a fresh one on all your hopes and dreams!

[@MikeFlanaganMusic]

🤣🤣🤣 precisely

[@pat557]

Still miss Michael Brecker so much...but Chris Potter at least makes life bearable. fantastic.

[@blaman6]

Yes, it's a lot of notes, but they're uniquely his and always exciting, never stale. I've listened to everything this man has ever put out, and it's always fresh. The guy is incredibly imaginative. On top of that, his tonguing & rhythmic control are head and shoulders above his peers (redman, marsalis, alexander, turner, etc.) He is very special. If Jazz was as popular a genre as it was 50 years ago, this guy would be revered as much as Trane and Cannonball.

[@jeffreyalidochair]

100 percent agree

[@OrmanD7]

True!!!!!❤

[@jazzkitten12]

Love it how he shifts to Trane's Countdown changes at 3:54. This cat blows my bloody mind...

[@DavidAKZ]

***** and Giant Steps @ 5:46

[@RomanNomen]

And in that very moment, anyone who ever picked up a saxophone in their lives put it right back into the fucking case and buried it.

[@RomanNomen]

jodi183 Don't get me wrong, that is exactly the lesson you should take away from watching this video. But, it's called hyperbole and we all do it. So, I don't exactly appreciate you taking my honest joke in the literal sense. Kind of unnecessary. :T

[@jacksontru4346]

Unless you're me, in which case you transcribed the shit out of this

[@jdrosborough]

LOL -- or melt it down, make jewelry and sell it.

[@rovingeye5]

Roman Aegis or be inspired to be creative on any instrument or in any area of your life, be it music, art, science, literature-

[@HansBaier]

I have a hard time understanding the hype about Chris Potter. Does he play theoretically fancy stuff? yes. But I don't like his sound, his taste and his feel. Emotionally and spiritually his music does not touch me at all.

[@MrBCorporations]

Did anybody hear him quote the Desenclos Prelude Cadenze et Finale????!!!! Twice!!!! That man knows his classical saxophone repertoire.

[@ogdTo]

Can you quote where please ?

[@DangFee78]

0:10 - "should I own these guys? Yup, gonna own 'em"

[@BecenaMusic]

His sound....his voicing.....his patterns.....his dexterity....I give up

[@Tremaine26]

The dad on the left "yeah, yeah, wow" the kid on the right "nooooo. fuckin. way."

[@Sleptane]

Tremaine Brown 3:09

[@sakisizwemase7885]

Just to know it's possible is enough to keep Me playing for the rest of my Life

[@DavidAKZ]

Sakisizwe Mase He learnt all the chords and scales, then did it backwards, then forgot about it .

[@kevinhenderson9841]

Best comment I've ever read. Me too brother

[@MikeFlanaganMusic]

1,000%

[@jahoopyjaheepu497]

This the only attitude any player should have

[@mpharpsax]

Chris is one of the all time greats of any era IMO - wow

[@Henryfernandezmusic]

Damn when he throws in countdown changes

[@austinroutten3269]

I could just listen to him play long tones all day.

[@MrChicoSax]

When I hear Chris Potter playing his burning solos I am always wondering :"is there anything on this earth he cannot play?" Thank you Dean for the great post

[@DanTheMailman330]

And that just came out of a dude that looks like my accountant. Wow.

[@kryptonitetime]

i wonder how he practices. on second thought, his horn probably is the one who practices to be able to handle him

[@drsax2]

I guarantee Coltrane is smiling down upon that!

[@paulalexanderjohnson]

5:46 is kind of a Giant Steps quote! sickkkk

[@aqualili]

He was playing the changes from Countdown (which is Tune-Up with Coltrane changes embedded kinda)

[@DiegoEliseoMore]

8:28 Up! movie soundtrack quote

[@mcvooty]

Man, that's what happens when great creativity meets great technique. Mind-blowing beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[@thebebopper985]

i love chris because he always plays something new and creative and hip and orjazzmic and yeah

[@tiluriso]

Fantastic - talk about playing the changes. I'm gonna be listening to this over and over.

[@dylankubilus1422]

This video made me realize countdown is just a slightly more complex version of tune up

[@Lizzardently]

Just saw Chris Live with Pat Metheny Unity group last week. OUTSTANDING. A must to go see live if you can.

[@billystrayhornsghost]

One of the greats of our time...

[@inspir.edmusic]

*All* time.

[@patrickthames8853]

Think about the sax clicks and key work... It seems to be part of his keeping time. Those clicks go with his breath marks and phrasing... I may be wrong but I hear and see no movement wasted. This is where there doesn't seem to be a disconnect between his brain and body. I not into hero worship but just giving an observation on what I see and hear.

[@brendanmcnamara3087]

Love his sound

[@DecidedlyDusty]

@kylegeee "...he constantly is pushing the limits of the saxophone." I couldn't agree more! Every generation has its players who push the limits of what was previously thought possible on their respective instruments. Potter is certainly doing this today. I feel lucky to be alive at this time to experience it firsthand!

[@kevinduvancastilloprada7436]

Maestro :') soy uno de sus millones de fans. Desde Colombia un saludo.

[@marselmusic]

that counter part thing is just AWESOME

[@midwestern_watch_dude1830]

Is this who you become after going through all the Aebersold books?

[@EnlightenedRogue24]

Kevin Buck 🎷🤣👍

[@vincentcontrebasse1]

Haha! No way!!!!

[@saxofonistadejazz]

Mindblowing... It turns out that I was to attend that masterclass, but tickets sold out too quickly. Bloody hell, what an awesome thing I missed!

[@SaxHero]

My theory is that the sole individual who disliked this video just misses the way Potter sounded on his silver Super Action tenor. For that matter, so do I. But the playing is still insane.

[@kryptonitetime]

Saw him with McCoy Tyner last year. My ears were not yet open; I didn't notice his playing all that much. Probably the best sax player ever. Not the best musician to ever play the saxophone, but the best at the saxophone.

[@skyler2539]

This is part of my Mus appreciation 101. Feel it, see it, touch it!

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

RIP tenor saxophone 1846-2011

[@amatful1]

you're so right! Nice catch. I love finding quotes

[@yoshy321]

He is playing everything you need to know.. Just figure it out.

[@rilledulu]

Awesomeness personified...

[@markviman]

I'm glad I read your comment because I had thought that Miles wrote "Tune Up," but I'm sure you're right.

[@zavcaptain]

Whoever was holding that camera... I salute you.

[@johanlagast5721]

thx for this one. great !

[@mpcguy]

The terminator of the tenor

[@stevenalexander7413]

That young dude on the right was about to die from all that force in his face. He was too young to endure that much logic.

[@walterramello]

thanks for this man...

[@Unmoved12345]

A truly virtuoso performance.

[@ogdTo]

6:00 "ok i'm finished being nice kids. Let's talk seriously".

[@fabiomelendi5577]

chris sound is a perfection of brecker´s

[@boys0dream]

Its Chris Potter alright? soooooooo goooooooood even without a rythem section

[@larsio72]

So much music!

[@ThilosNest]

Great Clinc. Absolutely no Questions left.

[@UglyJazzMan]

oh my.. apart from his excelent playing, i fucking love his tone..

[@jazztrombonists783]

luv ya Chris!

[@aaronkranzler4830]

1:54 is hip as fuck

[@wolfganggangwolfe]

And no note nor interval was left unplayed ever again

[@LCohenSax]

Lot of Sonny, and a drip of Griff, and a whole bunch of Chris

[@claryscat]

Hahaha! Those two guys sitting there just got OD radiated with gamma rays, x-rays and other burning stuff! Do you ever not hear the time or form? Sick. The other thing I was thinking that his horn is def working and his MP/reed thing is making him happy. In that whole clip maybe he only swallowed one or two notes, even when he is going berserk. Love his sound when he come back to the head, whew. This is the kind of stuff that makes KZbin so great. Nice posting.

[@drmcb61]

i would love to watch Coltrane's expression watching Potter

[@okarynolot]

that's the flow!

[@WilliamRDavisJr]

Some great aspiring sculptor needs to do another Mt. Rushmore but for saxophonist and Chris Potter better be in the mix.

[@karpehcom]

holy shit..i almost cried this was so fucking goood

[@rainerpusch1960]

Yes!

[@SokratisVotskos]

he's got some serious chops this guy.....

[@luksaxtenor]

Mastery!

[@dalmeidamusic]

WOW THAK YOU!

[@cardboardmusic]

Amazing, shame his explanations are not up here (the whole workshop blurb that is).

[@TheAJB1996]

I don't even know where to begin to analyze this.

[@DavidAKZ]

TheAJB1996 don't. Just start playing

[@kewlfonz]

The usual - harmony - the three 251/4 bar tonal centres and the final 4 to A. Then rhythm - he's using a lot of swung 8 ths quite uptempo. download this and put it into Transcribe to slow it right down. You'll learn a lot...

[@DangFee78]

Transcribe is an awesome app for analyzing solos

[@56conn6h]

impressive!

[@thebebopper985]

Holy fucking shit.....mind blown

[@MrDude667]

its not his regular horn. He travels with the mark 6 and plays a silver super balanced action when he's on the east coast. it does sound like there're a few leaks on the low end and that he was playing on a stiff reed. been there done that. He's amazing nevertheless. agree with you on the rest though.

[@radiokid2]

A face melting solo..

[@swampdweller5]

Chris broke the matrix.

[@jimcsax]

I guess I know what my next transcription project is.

[@girlinagale]

This is how we all wish to play. I'd like to hear more rests though.

[@EquivocalUsername]

Giant Steps quote at 5:46. what a monster player, jeez.

[@magsax]

Sick !!!

[@MrDude667]

there and a few other places he uses coltrane change substitutions

[@Bluezy4Life]

Jesus that tone

[@yarpyarp85]

a god amongst men

[@coltoncrawfordjazz]

GAWD DAYUM!!!!!!!!

[@dricodelima]

Praticamente uma sinfonia de um homem só!

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

Can the excellent time keepers among us let me know if he kept the form?

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

This is what life is all about.

[@saxfish]

ChrisPot - ter escaped the devil on rollerSkates!

[@kchappelle]

To the woodshed I go.

[@ouruhuru]

..."Ok, so what I do after that first step that I just played is to transpose it into 12 keys. Usually about 15 minutes is enough for this."

[@ianhendersonjazz]

Damn you, Chris...

[@Locotona22]

Did you really think that is all he did for this workshop? You probably have never been to workshop or masterclass. They usually don't last a mere 11 minutes. This was probably his opening or ending performance to showcase his skills and validity of what he is talking about. The sorry part about this recording is the fact that the recorder didn't post the priceless information Chris Potter gave out to the audience. I am thankful for this video though. Priceless music and information given here.

[@saxorexic]

Unreal.

[@AbN_T7]

uallllllllllll OMG very good

[@estufa88]

wow, amazing exercises demonstration, but I'm sorry, I only really liked it from 9:45 to the end. Sense of humor, swing, feeling, changes in rhythm... Nothing easy playing a capella.

[@rogeramur]

he is really hypnotizing those guys at front. (non stop moving heads :D)

[@tonywallens217]

YEAH.. Jazz......JAZZ.........JAAAAAZZZZZ

[@vpsaxman]

I do too.

[@GutoSantana]

Hey, do you know where I can find these explanations? Thanks and regards from Brazil!

[@BwellsTrumpetBasics]

Wow

[@jd5683]

its already been done! check out charles mcneal's site, message me if you want the direct link to it

[@tylerneeb6886]

2:30, classic Parker riff