Chris Potter News

Good things come in three's, so the saying goes. So let's offer up a third and final roundup of what critics have decided are the best jazz albums of 2009.

Woody has been a jazz fan for about 30 years, starting with the diverse sounds of Maynard Ferguson's bands of the 1970s.

Overtone Quartet October 10, 2009 Washington, D.C. The Overtone Quarter played together as a group for the first time in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater Saturday.

Joe Martin , Not By Chance . Martin is a versatile and rounded bassist who has collaborated with a wide range of musicians at the heart of the 30-something generation of jazz players in New York.

There seems to be no end of bassists-leaders and this month, we see new albums from five of them, some established, others just getting their end pins wet.

Sorry to post something likely of interest only to a limited subset of readers - jazz fans who live in the Washington DC area - but I recently learned that there are still tickets available for a truly marvelous concert at the Kennedy Center October 10: The Overtone Quartet , a group comprised of Chris Potter , Jason Moran , Dave Holland , and Eric ...

There are few musicians in jazz with a more untroubled sense of leadership than the bassist Dave Holland.

Benny Benack III says that playing with Herbie Hancock "was probably one of the more nervous performances that I've ever done." Benny Benack III has just moved from Pittsburgh to Manhattan, and he's having the syncopated time of his life.

If I played video games, Ia d play a oeThe Beatles: Rock Band,a released earlier this week on what is now being called International Beatles Day: 9/9/09. Somehow their songs never age and never reach the maximum number of plays .

Guitarist and composer Adam Rogers's profile has slowly been rising over the past few years on the basis of some plum sideman appearances with the likes of Chris Potter and James Carter, and a series of records as a leader for the Dutch jazz label Criss Cross.

The 2009-2010 Jazz at Symphony Center concert series, presenting both living legends and today's top talent, gets underway with two exceptional programs in October.

The Britton Brothers' up and coming debut album, Uncertain Living , with guest artist Chris Potter will be coming soon.

Saxophonists AJ Kluth and Ricky Sweum look more like the backfield from Friday Night Lights than they do jazz musicians.

The new Monterey Jazz Quartet release, Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival - is out today on Concord Records / Monterey Jazz Festival Records .

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

If you only know tenor saxophonist Chris Potter from the bands of bassist Dave Holland or as a leader of his own jazz ensemble, you're missing a lot.

Carl Bray's next piano solo should be "Unforgettable,'' considering the events of recent months.

George Wein founded the Newport Jazz Festival 55 years ago, but sold it recently.

George Wein founded the Newport Jazz Festival 55 years ago, but sold it recently.

AJ Kluth is an active Chicago based saxophonist enjoying the freelancing musician's life in the Midwest while continuing to pursue further academic ventures.