Follow the Red Line - Live at the Village Vanguard

Chris Potter, Chris Potter's Underground | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sunny Side Records
• ASIN: B000SNUNR4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,141 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, April 13, 2008

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Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Follow the Red Line - Live at the Village Vanguard (Audio CD)

Chris Potter is one of my favourite saxophonists of all time. I'm also lucky enough to have seen a live performance (by another musician) at The Village Vanguard in NYC for myself. A friend took me there back in the 90s. I can thus easily picture in my head, what the gigs that led to this album might have been like. They must've been electrifying.

This six-tune set recorded live at the Vanguard over two dates in February of 2007, is fresh, exciting and bursting with energy and while not Potter's best album as far as I'm concerned (I personally prefer his studio sound), is definitely one of the best live jazz albums I've heard in a while. Apart from Potter himself of course, who plays tenor saxophone and bass clarinet and is always amazing, I am particularly impressed by Adam Rogers on guitar - unusually, he has a very individual sound that doesn't remind me of any of the better known contemporary guitarists - and Craig Taborn on the Fender Rhodes. Things sound a bit hectic here and there as they often do during live performances but most of the time, nothing but magic shines through. I love all the tunes (the Ed Blackwell-penned "Togo", the only one Potter didn't write incidentally, is my overall favourite) but I wasn't exactly overjoyed at the way "Pop Tune #1" morphed from a beautiful ballad into a so-so dance tune halfway through.

A minor quibble though, I suppose, with what is undoubtedly, an outstanding CD overall. Five stars.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Follow the Red Line, December 17, 2007

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John P. Sokal "Paul Sokal" (Panton, Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Follow the Red Line - Live at the Village Vanguard (Audio CD)

Follow the Red Line - Live at the Village Vanguard
This is an excellent recording. The playing is masterful and world class and marries the sense of groove from popular music with the chops and intelligence of jazz. One of the more exciting pieces of music I've heard recently. If you enjoy Dave Holland's music or The Bad Plus you should check this out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best jazz album of 2007, November 8, 2007

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A. Dumont "dumonta22" (Montreal, Qc Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Follow the Red Line - Live at the Village Vanguard (Audio CD)

Once you put this album in your mp3 or CD player, you just can't stop listening to it again and again. The more you listen to it, the more you enjoy it. Great compositions, well played. In my opinion, clearly the best jazz album of 2007.