"Four" part 1 by Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Roy Assaf, Francois Moutin, Kendrick Scott

[@jputterman26]

All of you who are suggesting Chris Potter repeats his licks are not hearing Chris Potter. This kid is brilliant, and is staying in the changes out of respect to Lovano. No one, and I mean no one, can play a solo with the precise yet free construction, a composed solo if you will, that Chris can.

[@chrispotterfan]

Chris never stops to amaze me

[@davidscott1052]

I reckon Joel Frahm could...him Potter and Alexander my fav tenor players

[@dougiesherwin9591]

@@davidscott1052 Joel can, doubt Eric can.

[@tyleranderson9887]

imagine John Coltrane and Joe Henderson playing together like this, now that would be insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@inspir.edmusic]

Yep, that would also be insane.

[@Bl4zinn]

That exists dude! Just look up the Joe Brazil jam session bootlegs 😎

[@manuelgiacaz8663]

check tenor madness dude

[@DelphinusOrcastra]

@@Bl4zinn I guess I’ll be the one to say thank you 🐬

[@Bl4zinn]

@@DelphinusOrcastra no problem!!

[@Jazzsaxman1]

Oh man....Joe is KILLIN it

[@garyhickam7970]

Yep!

[@davidscott1052]

You are the guy with the "moments notice " demo vid ....great stuff man 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@LCohenSax]

Potter is amazing. Lovano is amazing. Both heroes.

[@oober349]

You should check out some Joe Henderson, George Adams and Dewey Redman for context. Joe Lovano is not a conventional player for sure-- he's very rhythmic, and I (as a devoted admirer) find that it's much easier to conceptualize his lines as streams rather than a series of notes. There's just something about the way he floats over the beat that actually makes the music swing harder.

[@thebreathalyzer]

Jack - that was very well stated. I love Joe Lovano and what you said resonates with me as well. Love Joe Lovano always!

[@JohnMichaelTrumpet]

Listen to the intonation!!! It sounds as if there is one player in stereo with a little bit of reverb/echo effect. Their tones also match up like never heard before!! Their styles...vibrato,feeling,etc. They sound more than amazing together...they sound unbelievable!

[@AlexTerrier]

that was a pretty amazing night, so many great musicians packed in this bar, playing just for fun, awsome vibe. got more footage of the hour long set Lovo-Potter that I'll upload.

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Watching Potter watch Lovano is a delight!

[@aaronzachary8851]

Joe's Solo. SO FIRE!!

[@davidscott1052]

love the way the rhythm section keep it anchored to the chords until the soloists play outside scales and then they respond in kind ....really top draw musicians

[@Yo-sb9st]

Joe went out of this world

[@thebreathalyzer]

The flashing light in the window is because someone called 911...so much burning!!!

[@davischongs]

such a wealth of ideas from joe lovano! these guys are both infinite

[@Selmerpilot]

went to Berklee with Kendrick. Brilliant then, brilliant now. undoubtedly my favorite drummer

[@egyptianminor]

The band is great and Both Lovano and Potter are great sax players - each his own man - both started out professionally in their teens - just like Pat Metheny. At this level,all that's left is subjective preference IMHO - though some might disagree. That's OK.

[@AlexTerrier]

The second part of this video and other tunes are uploaded on the link in the description.

[@inspir.edmusic]

I love that guy who gives a nod of approval around 3 minutes.

[@Selmerpilot]

what's really sad is this brilliant video has only 14k hits. If the world only knew........

[@billabbott6092]

Both so amazing, but I believe Potter takes it to a whole new level that no Jazz artist has gone since Brecker, yet so different.

[@kendricbaines2415]

Bill Abbott what level would that be?

[@kendricbaines2415]

Diego Gonzalez Right. But there definitely have been other players other than CP and Brecker in that time slot.

[@kendricbaines2415]

Diego Gonzalez and when referring to a tune like this there are many players with a different take on it. Jesper , Irby, Turner, and other people on the scene. That wasn't my question.

[@m41incanis]

kendric Baines And many of them. If only we could hear more of them. Just not enough time.

[@davidscott1052]

would love to see Joel Frahm playing with these guys ...really put the cat amongst the pigeons !!!!

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Hello, Nimogt. I love the three guys. They´re fantastic. May be I still miss Michael Brecker, his sound and his phrases a lot. His premature death was one of the biggest tragedies on the musical world for me. Thanks for replying.

[@ThomasHutchingsMusic]

Thank you so much for posting this! love listening to these guys. The rhythm section is so wonderfullysensitive!

[@michaelvmurray]

Lovano, man. Christ.

[@ifranwaisman1750]

Why some people don't like some very nice videos! I think is envy!

[@claryscat]

Maybe there are people who have bigger ears that others. As tenor players we are single line players. It is our lot in life. Monophonic cats in a polyphonic world. Harmonic conception is expressed so differently in time by every person. They are the human beings they are. If you don't feel some kind of resonance with these guys... maybe you wouldn't like them as people either so much. They are just playing and having a good time. I loved Brecker and I love these guy too. Jus' sayin'.

[@dolphytone]

Lovano was kicking that flow like a man pocessed he really thinks on his feet and doesn't bother with the usual cliches

[@edwinedwards6796]

Chris and Joe are simply bad asses!

[@kraigcrawford1853]

Chris potter always wow! But Joe Dam!

[@mileatonmusic]

Besides all the amazing ideas and interplay in evidence here, I finally noticed the sly quote Chris works in from 3:39-3:40 from one of Sonny Rollins's original 1964 studio solos on "Four". A nice little subtlety :)

[@tiluriso]

Two great tenors: Lovano more intervalically abrasive, a bit more chromatic masking of the 'money notes', Potter more diatonic, totally into the changes (straight into the nitty gritty), but more clearly defined inside/outside contrasting of lines. Greatest Altoist of the last 25 + years? Steve Coleman.

[@tiluriso]

Yet, I might be inaccurate in my description or it might be just my impression/opinion.

[@elboganisimo]

haha never heard of that expression, "the money notes"! what does it mean?

[@alexambroise111]

@@elboganisimo I think he means the 'in' notes. The chord tones, basically!

[@rillloudmother]

@@elboganisimo the 3rd and 7ths are the money notes.

[@elboganisimo]

@@rillloudmother cheers!

[@jazzmaster7]

Thanks for Posting! This is beautiful. 2 Greats together. Wow.

[@19Lqueen17]

The cats are surely cooking! Yeah! Man, they're amazing!

[@MrJeanPhilippe007]

Shit, I wanna cry!

[@AgriFarm1ng]

Super

[@austincustom]

insane!

[@roanmccormick6115]

next level !!!! Totally sick !

[@michaelvmurray]

Hearing someone speaking a language you don't understand could sound like gibberish. I understand how you might think they're saying "hardly anything" but I assure you, friend, they're saying plenty.

[@MrChicoSax]

This is what it sounds like when two masters talk about Jazz history... Would Charles Mc Neal Transcribe these solos...? ;-)) Thanks Alex for posting this video. I like going back to it once in a while.

[@urbanskimusic]

Thanks Dude for capturing this! Hope you're keeping well.

[@rcjazz44]

Too hip. Joe is the man.

[@zqa12swx]

Man Joe Lovano is kickin' the abstract here.

[@saxop100]

morningblue

[@KareemAboRaida]

WOW :) just can't thank you enough !

[@confoozled3737]

@boxing1000 Have you listened to any of Coltrane's later stuff? Interstellar Space? If so, you can see for yourself that your argument makes no sense. Lovano and Potter are two of the most monumental players of our time. I'm sorry that you don't appreciate their playing. I don't know if you just haven't listened enough, or don't play yourself, or just have never had any sort of guidance or general musical understanding throughout the course of your life, but man, just listen to the music.

[@christopherfischer6998]

I love how they go to Ab Major instead of F minor on bars 5 and 6

[@adamstein7302]

CF1964 that relative major type beat

[@dayve10]

@confoozled3737 Two of the greatest EVER. True improvisors and masters of their instruments. Anyhow.... I wonder how they would sound if they traded mouthpieces. I know the content would be the same but just curious how the textures would have come across and affected the ingestion of all of THIS SAXOPHONE playing. Thanks @alexterrier

[@chocorate1599]

verynice!!!

[@LCohenSax]

Swanee River quote at 3:39 is very slick by Potter.

[@piedlin10]

Man this is so fucking awesome! Thanks for posting!!!

[@littlebones18]

yeah jeff

[@AlexTerrier]

Agreed :-)

[@johnnymagsax]

wow !!!! Awesome !! A little more practice and these guys will be on their way to the big time !! LOL thanks for making the vid clip. Very cool.

[@gabrielnekrutman998]

Johnny Mag Sax lol u ignorant af

[@mikutakiseko2351]

まさにアウトの達人

[@michaelvmurray]

Sure thing! You too! :)

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Chris Potter is really fantastic. The best one since Michael Brecker !

[@AlexTerrier]

you're very welcome :)

[@SoaringTrumpet]

5 years on, you're the man!

[@weskoki]

4.42 head banging

[@saxophoneplayer19]

In this vid, Chris looks like he's playing an Otto Link Metal, probably around a 7.

[@AlexTerrier]

you're welcome Thomas :-)

[@MrJeanPhilippe007]

I am sorry buddy but I think that Lovano's sound is much more dark then Potter's probably due to the very different mouthpieces (F. Louis and Link) that they are using. But there is no doubt about their talent!

[@akatsuki642]

What mouthpiece is Chris using?

[@DihelsonMendonca]

The great thing I love MICHAEL BRECKER ( in my oppinion the greatest of all time ), is that he doesn´t sound boring. He doesn´t keep repeating the same phrases over and over, he changes all time, there´s always something new to experiment. Chris Potter rhytmic phrases are small. Brecker doesn´t look like students practicing. But on this video I liked the two guys. Lovano tries to be more criative, his phrases show more variety and criativity.

[@lluismartinez8814]

3:17 fuuucckkkkk

[@FelixScottJr]

Okay I have not heard enough of Michael Brecker or this guy Potter to make an intelligent comment on their repetitions. So this listener wants continuous fresh ideas melodically and rhythmically. It sounds like they are playing whatever it is they are hearing internally and expressing it externally. I make some spelling errors from time to time as well, but then Mr perfect over here does not. LOL

[@ZootSuits1]

LIKE

[@aWinkler2010]

The bassist looks like a skinnier Christopher Hitchens lol

[@nimogt]

I love michael brecker as well and have listened to a ton of his stuff...BUT he would in fact use some of the same "brecker" licks over and over again in all different types of songs. That's my only knock on his playing. Potter may not cop the same licks in his solos but he will use the same type of phrase over and over...don't get me wrong, both are great and I don't mind them using the same awesome styles/phrases over and over again, but you can't say brecker never repeated what he played

[@michaelvmurray]

5:19 smh Kendrick

[@DihelsonMendonca]

4 people don´t understand anything about jazz !

[@ismaelsantiago2018]

demencia

[@michaelroach4219]

Tenor madness?

[@kryptonitetime]

I used to not like Lovano much. Now I don't like most of the stuff I can find of Lovano. :-)

[@rillloudmother]

retitle this video 'oversaxed!!!'

[@alfordelliott6943]

yeah i've checked out danny walsh and although i respect you thinking, compaired to lovano and potter this guy is garage, he sounds like utter dog shit to me and in regards to grossman, bergoni as good as those guys are they're no inovators or creators sorry thats how i honestly feel

[@tomscott1741]

This music it's not easy to play at all, people dedicate their entire lives to doing it, so even if you hear inadequacies in someone's playing it's really insensitive to trash them like that. Charlie Parker always listened for the good things in someone's playing, that's the way music listening should be approached.

[@16inchesoc41]

Wow that was so great thank you! Explosion!