Thanks Chris for stepping out of the comfort zone of the changes and making it sing a different way. I play and most cats are redundant dare to be different good shit.
if you don't like this, try Werner and Potter duo. rips it to shreds. if you don't like that one, we aint on the same page or even in the same book. or language. or planet. or universe.
I like this whatever any one thinks of reworking or what. Chris introduced their 'Arrangement' . Why compare it ? Just take it as an offeringas I do. Different time , cats etc
My SBA has separate key guards and according to its serial no. is a 1948 model which, apparently, is before SBA's were in production. I would appreciate your comments if you know any more about this.
The difference: Coltrane directly felt the "Black Surge" of the 1960's. He so clearly expressed those aspirations. Potter: Came later, maybe didn't feel a need for ARISING. More technical, not as personal. In Jazz, later performers (some white) may not have gone through the strife of the original creators. They still can play with great beauty and technique.
Thanks for your reply. I don't understand why mine has a serial number which puts it at 1948 (in the Balanced Action era according to the Selmer website) but studying photos online it appears to be a SBA. I originally bought it as a BA. Do you know any more about this?
I think that Chris has been more influenced by Rollins then Coltrane but one sure thing, compare to most of the tenor players that try to play that song like Coltrane, Potter really plays it in his own way!!!
Chris does excellently;and so also does Ravi Coltrane, John Coltrane's son who has himself rendered a masterpiece of his own. Listen Alex Hahn's and Kenny Garrett's versions, if you will. They are both great.
Some of the best saxophone playing I've heard in this post Coltrane period. But this isn't Giant Steps. It has Coltrane changes like many compositions have these days. He could have just as reasonably given this another name and gotten credit for an original composition which is what this really is. Lots of tunes are based on other tunes. Again, the playing was masterful...
I like this arrangement. It was wise of the arranger to slow the tempo down and thus avoid imitating the great Coltrane original version. Wonderful solo work by Chris Potter.
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