Here’s a great video of Chris Potter and Joe Lovano playing together in NYC. The first two clicks are of the jazz standard Four. The last one is of Bye Bye Blackbird. It’s amazing to see these two masters playing together. You can tell they really enjoy each others playing. Read More…
Transcription of Chris Potter’s solo on “All The Thing You Are”
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This bootleg recording is of Chris Potter teaching at a clinic. It’s been floating around the internet for a number of years now and is an amazing example of what Chris Potter can do with a jazz standard like “All the Things You Are”. He’s playing it solo! Just him and his tenor Read More…
Two Chris Potter Transcriptions from “Song for Anyone” CD
February 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here are two Chris Potter transcriptions that I received from Corey Armstrong for tenor sax. I haven’t had the time to check them out note for note but these are two great solos from the “Song for Anyone” CD and must have taken quite a bit of time to figure out. Corey said I could Read More…
Chris Potter: Transcription of Body and Soul
January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I received this Bb transcription from Kevin Jones who teaches at the University of South Carolina. This is from a version of Body and Soul that Chris played on for “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Season 1, Vol. 3″. There are some great elements to check out in this solo. I haven’t played through Read More…
Transcriptions of Chris Potter On Rhythm Changes
November 19, 2008 By 5 Comments
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 Read More…
Chris Potter Transcription Book
May 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
While i was searching the internet I stumbled across this site. AJ Kluth has put out a transcription book of Chris Potter solos. I’ve been working on transcribing a few Potter solos so i know first hand that it is an insane task and very time consuming. I just received the book today and Read More…
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