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.
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
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.
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
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.
@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!
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.
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.
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 RUclips so great. Nice posting.
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.
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...
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.
Scott Eckart As a guy who has been obsessed with Potter for the past 17 years, has heard every recording he's been on and has seen him live probably 40x, and has spoken to him a few times, I'd say this is 95% improvised. I dare you to search for a different recording where he plays these "licks." You won't find it because he's not that kind of player. I'm sure he had a vision of how he wanted the whole thing to be shaped, but other than that his brain to finger communication is what makes this sound so natural and composed. It's a quality he has that all of his peers always raved about when he was young - his command of the instrument and ability to articulate his ideas in real time. It's truly astounding.
Got it, thank you Bobby for that insight! That makes sense to me. This is truly remarkable and he is a truly remarkable player for being able to know what he wanted it to sound like, and then go and communicate it
Agreed! We're lucky that we live in the youtube era. There are a ton of videos floating around of Potter (and others) doing these masterclass solos. Imagine how talented and inspired the next generation of players will be a result of having access to all of this free knowledge.
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"....and that's my daily warm up. Any questions?"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
This proves that he is really much more skilled in the ways of magic than his nephew Harry
LoL
7 years later and this comment is still gold
@@jamesgeng2213 YUP!!
Lmao i feel dumb it took me a few seconds
@@jamesgeng2213 dude I was just thinking that haha. I remember seeing this comment when I was 15
Still miss Michael Brecker so much...but Chris Potter at least makes life bearable. fantastic.
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.
100 percent agree
True!!!!!❤
What do you think about Michael Brecker ?
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!
🤣🤣🤣 precisely
Love it how he shifts to Trane's Countdown changes at 3:54. This cat blows my bloody mind...
***** and Giant Steps @ 5:46
The guy on the left nods in approval, the guy on the right shakes his head in disbelief
nice observation guy
I forgot there were other humans in existence.
i love this comment
Chris is one of the all time greats of any era IMO - wow
His sound....his voicing.....his patterns.....his dexterity....I give up
0:10 - "should I own these guys? Yup, gonna own 'em"
Man, that's what happens when great creativity meets great technique. Mind-blowing beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Did anybody hear him quote the Desenclos Prelude Cadenze et Finale????!!!! Twice!!!! That man knows his classical saxophone repertoire.
Can you quote where please ?
I could just listen to him play long tones all day.
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.
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
Unless you're me, in which case you transcribed the shit out of this
LOL -- or melt it down, make jewelry and sell it.
Roman Aegis or be inspired to be creative on any instrument or in any area of your life, be it music, art, science, literature-
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.
i love chris because he always plays something new and creative and hip and orjazzmic and yeah
The dad on the left "yeah, yeah, wow" the kid on the right "nooooo. fuckin. way."
Tremaine Brown 3:09
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
Just saw Chris Live with Pat Metheny Unity group last week. OUTSTANDING. A must to go see live if you can.
5:46 is kind of a Giant Steps quote! sickkkk
He was playing the changes from Countdown (which is Tune-Up with Coltrane changes embedded kinda)
8:28 Up! movie soundtrack quote
Just to know it's possible is enough to keep Me playing for the rest of my Life
Sakisizwe Mase He learnt all the chords and scales, then did it backwards, then forgot about it .
Best comment I've ever read. Me too brother
1,000%
This the only attitude any player should have
i wonder how he practices. on second thought, his horn probably is the one who practices to be able to handle him
And that just came out of a dude that looks like my accountant. Wow.
Damn when he throws in countdown changes
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.
Fantastic - talk about playing the changes. I'm gonna be listening to this over and over.
I guarantee Coltrane is smiling down upon that!
Is this who you become after going through all the Aebersold books?
Kevin Buck 🎷🤣👍
Haha! No way!!!!
Love his sound
@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!
Maestro :') soy uno de sus millones de fans. Desde Colombia un saludo.
This video made me realize countdown is just a slightly more complex version of tune up
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!
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.
One of the greats of our time...
*All* time.
6:00 "ok i'm finished being nice kids. Let's talk seriously".
Whoever was holding that camera... I salute you.
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.
1:54 is hip as fuck
that counter part thing is just AWESOME
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 RUclips so great. Nice posting.
Amazing, shame his explanations are not up here (the whole workshop blurb that is).
I'm glad I read your comment because I had thought that Miles wrote "Tune Up," but I'm sure you're right.
you're so right! Nice catch. I love finding quotes
He is playing everything you need to know.. Just figure it out.
The terminator of the tenor
This is part of my Mus appreciation 101. Feel it, see it, touch it!
holy shit..i almost cried this was so fucking goood
I wished I could listen to what Michael Brecker would have done ! 🎉❤
Awesomeness personified...
Lot of Sonny, and a drip of Griff, and a whole
bunch of Chris
thanks for this man...
thx for this one. great !
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.
Some great aspiring sculptor needs to do another Mt. Rushmore but for saxophonist and Chris Potter better be in the mix.
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.
chris sound is a perfection of brecker´s
Its Chris Potter alright? soooooooo goooooooood even without a rythem section
I don't even know where to begin to analyze this.
TheAJB1996 don't. Just start playing
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...
Transcribe is an awesome app for analyzing solos
Can the excellent time keepers among us let me know if he kept the form?
Great Clinc. Absolutely no Questions left.
So much music!
A truly virtuoso performance.
luv ya Chris!
Holy fucking shit.....mind blown
RIP tenor saxophone 1846-2011
i would love to watch Coltrane's expression watching Potter
And no note nor interval was left unplayed ever again
Did you find it already? "chris potter`s Tune-up Transcription" by Chayjazz
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.
You know those things you can think of but can’t play, and can barely scat? Yeah…that’s him in real life.
I guess I know what my next transcription project is.
..."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."
Thanks man, but all I did was set it on my erection.
he's got some serious chops this guy.....
Giant Steps quote at 5:46. what a monster player, jeez.
WOW THAK YOU!
that's the flow!
ChrisPot - ter escaped the devil on rollerSkates!
there and a few other places he uses coltrane change substitutions
4:51 it sounds like colombian andean music
Chris Potter says, "Fuck you, I never stop. I'm still movin'... How about ya'll?"
anyone has the transcription?.........im just kidding ;))
There is a transcription
@@bill3837 where can I find it? (=
impressive!
Yes!
Hey, do you know where I can find these explanations? Thanks and regards from Brazil!
otto link?
I'm going to go punch my sax in the face now.
Mastery!
which explains the relatively low elevation of the camera.
Chris broke the matrix.
A face melting solo..
its already been done! check out charles mcneal's site, message me if you want the direct link to it
Jesus that tone
Sick !!!
6:10 though
What mouthpiece is he using?
GAWD DAYUM!!!!!!!!
he is really hypnotizing those guys at front. (non stop moving heads :D)
I've watched and listened to this countless times, but I never have asked the question. . . is this improvised or a personal composition of his?
Scott Eckart As a guy who has been obsessed with Potter for the past 17 years, has heard every recording he's been on and has seen him live probably 40x, and has spoken to him a few times, I'd say this is 95% improvised. I dare you to search for a different recording where he plays these "licks." You won't find it because he's not that kind of player. I'm sure he had a vision of how he wanted the whole thing to be shaped, but other than that his brain to finger communication is what makes this sound so natural and composed. It's a quality he has that all of his peers always raved about when he was young - his command of the instrument and ability to articulate his ideas in real time. It's truly astounding.
Got it, thank you Bobby for that insight! That makes sense to me. This is truly remarkable and he is a truly remarkable player for being able to know what he wanted it to sound like, and then go and communicate it
Agreed! We're lucky that we live in the youtube era. There are a ton of videos floating around of Potter (and others) doing these masterclass solos. Imagine how talented and inspired the next generation of players will be a result of having access to all of this free knowledge.
To the woodshed I go.