Here are two short transcriptions of solos Chris Potter did on a March 8, 2008 masterclass that he did somewhere. The bootleg was floating around the internet (www.dimeadozen.org) and I was lucky enough to grab it. In these two examples Chris is showing the differences in his playing style from when he was younger to now. The first solo is pretty straight forward rhythmically and he is sticking pretty close to the changes and a standard bebop type approach. The second solo (I call it “Potterized Rhythm Changes”) is a bit more advanced. He’s taking more liberties harmonically and rhythmically. The second one was much harder to transcribe and some parts were difficult to figure out rhythmically but I did my best. These are two great examples of how to play over Rhythm changes and take it away from the standard bebop sound. Really check out the rhythmic approach on the “Potterized” version. This has only been available to members of my site for the last 6 months but I thought I would share it with those of you who might enjoy it. If you are interested in the recordings of these feel free to email me and I can send them to you. Enjoy!
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Transcriptions of Chris Potter On Rhythm Changes
November 19, 2008 By 5 Comments
Hi
I was wondering if you had the recording of the potterised rhythm changes. If so i was wondering if it would be possible to send it to my email address. It would be an amazing amount of help.
cheers sam
Hi steve!
I was wondering if you could send me audio to go with the transcriptions?
thanks in advance steve!
contact me on my website and I can send them to you.
Great Site!!!. Thanks for shearing your pation!.
Is there any chance you send me the audio of the 2 examples you´ve transcribed?
Thanks!!
Send me an email on the contact form of my site and I’ll send them to you. Steve