Vertigo (Chris Potter album)
Vertigo is the seventh studio album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter, released on the Concord label in 1998.[1][2] It features Potter with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Billy Drummond. Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano appears on three tracks.
Vertigo | ||||
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Studio album by the Chris Potter Quartet | ||||
Released | August 4, 1998 | |||
Recorded | April 9–10, 1998 | |||
Venue | Sony Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 63:09 | |||
Label | Concord CCD-4843-2 | |||
Producer | Allen Farnham | |||
Chris Potter chronology | ||||
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Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Vertigo is Potter's most mature and expressive work to date. ... Vertigo reveals Potter as a player and composer with an uncommonly personal vision".[3]
All About Jazz correspondent Jack Bowers observed that "all of the songs on Vertigo, Potter's fifth date under his own name for Concord Jazz, were composed by the 27-year-old South Carolinian, and none of them, to these ears, serves as more than a convenient springboard for improvisation ... if I were more enamored of Potter's still-developing prowess as a composer, the session would receive more than a lukewarm endorsement".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Chris Potter
- "Shiva" − 8:05
- "Vertigo" − 8:27
- "Long Walk, Short Pier" − 8:07
- "Act III, Scene I" − 3:38
- "Fishy" − 6:31
- "This Will Be" − 7:01
- "Almost Home" − 5:49
- "Modeen's Mood" − 9:32
- "Wake Up" − 5:59
Personnel
- Chris Potter - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, piano
- Kurt Rosenwinkel − guitar
- Scott Colley − bass
- Billy Drummond - drums
- Joe Lovano − tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
References
- Chris Potter Leader Discography, accessed January 9, 2017
- Concord Records Album Entry, accessed January 9, 2017
- Adler, David R.. Chris Potter - Vertigo: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1175. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Adler, D. All About Jazz Review, September 1, 1998