Chris Potter clinic -- Tune-Up

[@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]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@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!!!!!❤

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@DanTheMailman330]

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

[@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

[@midwestern_watch_dude1830]

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

[@EnlightenedRogue24]

Kevin Buck 🎷🤣👍

[@vincentcontrebasse1]

Haha! No way!!!!

[@Henryfernandezmusic]

Damn when he throws in countdown changes

[@mcvooty]

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

[@kryptonitetime]

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

[@austinroutten3269]

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

[@thebebopper985]

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

[@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)

[@Diego-j7n]

8:28 Up! movie soundtrack quote

[@Lizzardently]

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

[@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

[@dylankubilus1422]

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

[@yoshy321]

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

[@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.

[@tiluriso]

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

[@mpcguy]

The terminator of the tenor

[@marselmusic]

that counter part thing is just AWESOME

[@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!

[@ogdTo]

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

[@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!

[@zavcaptain]

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

[@brendanmcnamara3087]

Love his sound

[@billystrayhornsghost]

One of the greats of our time...

[@inspir.edmusic]

*All* time.

[@kevinduvancastilloprada7436]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

RIP tenor saxophone 1846-2011

[@wolfganggangwolfe]

And no note nor interval was left unplayed ever again

[@markviman]

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

[@skyler2539]

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

[@LCohenSax]

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

[@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

[@cardboardmusic]

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

[@fabiomelendi5577]

chris sound is a perfection of brecker´s

[@aaronkranzler4830]

1:54 is hip as fuck

[@deanmongerio]

Thanks man, but all I did was set it on my erection.

[@WilliamRDavisJr]

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

[@amatful1]

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

[@winfield73]

You know those things you can think of but can’t play, and can barely scat? Yeah…that’s him in real life.

[@drmcb61]

i would love to watch Coltrane's expression watching Potter

[@rilledulu]

Awesomeness personified...

[@ThilosNest]

Great Clinc. Absolutely no Questions left.

[@boys0dream]

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

[@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.

[@thebebopper985]

Holy fucking shit.....mind blown

[@karpehcom]

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

[@johanlagast5721]

thx for this one. great !

[@walterramello]

thanks for this man...

[@Unmoved12345]

A truly virtuoso performance.

[@saxfish]

ChrisPot - ter escaped the devil on rollerSkates!

[@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."

[@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.

[@larsio72]

So much music!

[@SokratisVotskos]

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

[@jazztrombonists783]

luv ya Chris!

[@okarynolot]

that's the flow!

[@jimcsax]

I guess I know what my next transcription project is.

[@radiokid2]

A face melting solo..

[@EquivocalUsername]

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

[@mikewalton3988]

Thats....thats just not right. Thats just too much damn skill for any ONE person to have on saxophone, or any instrument. I mean dear lord. How do you improve on that? I saw him back in 2009 in North GA. My word he just destroyed it. The best part was that my chums and got to hang out with him afterwards and just pick his brain. He draws influence from EVERYTHING. At the time he was telling us he was diggin Willie Nelson. Incredible musician, not enough credit.

[@zavcaptain]

Chris Potter says, "Fuck you, I never stop. I'm still movin'... How about ya'll?"

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

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

[@BenTorres1]

I'm going to go punch my sax in the face now.

[@jeanlouismoisset6164]

He walks towards JC..

[@swampdweller5]

Chris broke the matrix.

[@dalmeidamusic]

WOW THAK YOU!

[@jd5683]

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

[@ThilosNest]

Did you find it already? "chris potter`s Tune-up Transcription" by Chayjazz

[@Bluezy4Life]

Jesus that tone

[@markviman]

Someone did it and put it on youtube! Pretty insane - check it out in the related vids

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

This is what life is all about.

[@vernaybass]

which explains the relatively low elevation of the camera.

[@rogeramur]

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

[@kchappelle]

To the woodshed I go.

[@ianhendersonjazz]

Damn you, Chris...

[@MrDude667]

there and a few other places he uses coltrane change substitutions

[@michaelvmurray]

I'm not surprised that this needs to be explained to someone named smoothjazzer, but sometimes you hear a cat play some shit that's so bad all you can do is shake your head at it. Hell, I've even laughed out loud at stuff some cats have played. Talk about some people just don't know, bro...

[@56conn6h]

impressive!

[@girlinagale]

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

[@tylerneeb6886]

2:30, classic Parker riff

[@tonywallens217]

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

[@yarpyarp85]

a god amongst men

[@luksaxtenor]

Mastery!

[@saxophoneplayer19]

Oh sorry, yeah he's on a florida link in this video, but these days he's on a Ted Kulm mouthpiece I believe