Chris Potter - Tenor sax, bass clarinet Craig Taborn - Fender Rhodes Adam Rogers - Electric Guitar Nate Smith - Drums Produced, directed and edited by Jim McGorman. accordionfilms.... Hail to him for this film.
I used to watch this video at home in the Midwest, dreaming of the chance to come to New York and see a show like their set at 55 Bar. Now I live in the city and have seen Adam and Chris play together at 55 Bar. Honestly a dream come true. I'm so thankful for the constant inspiration and joy that this documentary brings, let it remain on RU-vid forever!
@@wesleyprado2432 Sorry for the late reply, unfortunately it's not a single album. "Rumples" can be found on Chris Potters album "Ultrahang". The tune "Bounce" is on one of Nate Smith's album, "Kinfolk". The rest of the songs I don't know
@14: 14 “My practicing really consists of recording myself,(like) having a certain thought in my mind about what kind of feeling I want to express, and then recording what that sound like and then hearing it back, what sounds true, what sounds false (you know) what exactly is working and what’s not. Some of it’s not even about the notes; it’s about trying to find the frame of mind that I have to be in to express the things I want to express.”
This is what makes Chris Great not his super-human technical mastery of the saxophone not his seemingly infinite knowledge of the Canon of Jazz not his boundless improvisatory inventiveness but simply the refusal to play anything that does not feel true to him… For me there is no one in jazz today that can hold a candle to Chris. I wish there was, I am searching constantly for more truth…
Chris to me is a modern jazz giant, and this is a great and intimate film about his band. All of the players are great, I especially love Adam's guitar playing.
It makes absolutely no sense but I'm ridiculously proud of Chris Potter. In Columbia, SC, circa late '80s, I was an absolute hack mucking about in school jazz bands and he was already a sax god, gigging weekly at a downtown venue and already immersed in student performing groups at USC. We are basically the same age and hail from the same neck of the woods, but that's about all we have in common.
I've just discovered this band. Mindblown. Haven't been this excited about a saxophonist ever since I've heard Michael Brecker for the first time. Also, this Adam Rogers is a beast, too. Can't believe I didn't know about these guys.
In my opinion, Potter is one of the three giants of contemporary saxophone playing: Joshua Redman, Mark Turner and Chris Potter. And I had no idea Nate Smith was as inventive and organic a composer as a drummer!
This whole video stirs deep emotion and makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time. The pinnacle of human creativity and joy/sadness/introspect all rolled into one...
I like this music very much, and the players have real roots. Chris soundS like a cross of Coltrane ans Sonny Rollins with a whole new language. GREAT.
I saw each song about 20 times since I found this video, and it was yesterday :) IT IS CRAZY!!!!! I wish to see you four gentlemens LIVE making this wonderfull music which change my life completly!!!
Still coming back to this monthly after 6 years of religiously listening to it. Definitely changed my life as a musician when I discovered this, and incidentally discovered Chris Potter, when I was 16 years old.
This is terrific. A great way enter into inner workings of the creat ive process of an outstanding group of Jazz musicians. Very exciting, inventive and joyous music.
I really like what Chris and his group are doing. The first time I saw him was in England playing in the Dave Holland band several years ago. I remember how he impressed in a terrific lineup that included Kenny Wheeler as a guest. He is a really nice guy with a terrific technique-he has really payed his dues and fully deserves the recognition that he is now getting. A great upload!
Thank you for uploading! I love Chris Potter playing funk since I listened to Follow the Red Line, so i'm really happy to be able to check another gig of Train. One of my fav!
Great video. Interesting to see the group approach/practice the tunes and then run them live. I haven't seen Chris Potter live but his sound and improvs on here are some of the best I've heard online. Very cool.
As I said, it's the solo section in the middle of the song. Pop Tune #1 begins quietly with a beautiful melody and then, at around the six-minute mark, there's a dramatic shift and it takes off into a blues/funk groove. Keep in mind, it's an improvisation so the track on the cd is different than the live performance but, I can assure you, it's just as dynamic.
This has been bugging me - do the bars of "7" at the end of the phrase in tweet really modulate to the pulse of the triplet, or are they just kinda fudged. either way killing
It is actually weird how it does kinda sound in between. I reckon its not a modulation and they're going for the groups of 7 16th notes thing (12,12,123). Although what do i know.
I have been looking around for years to see if there is any unedited recording of this obviously phenomenal show anywhere. Purchasable through any sort of official channels, bootlegged, whatever. If anyone knows of such a thing please let me know.
hey guys does anyone knows where I can find the entire version of this amazing intro ??? transcribed the beginning... but still haven't found the rest of it yet !! thx very much, awesome video by the way
Not only is the music harmonically and rhythmically complex but thanks to those excellent drums this music is actually very accessible, in my opinion more accessible than ultrahang which makes me wonder why they didn't record songs like tweet and bounce and then release them on i-tunes. They may have incredible talent but I think that their business sense is poor.
Here is the "Manual" on how to burn. Listen to what the guys are talking about, it's all here. It ain't about getting off by spewing licks you shedded, but listening to what is really coming out and get out of the way so it can resonate through the band. Good luck on that, right? Still gotta go shedd now...
As far as I know, they have not. I spoke to Nate, the drummer, on Instagram a few months ago and he said they were recording a new record in December. So as long as that has not changed, I expect to hear these tunes on that!
Hey Raeven, Train can be found on the live Follow the Red Line record. Bounce was formally released on Nate Smith's Kinfolk record which came out earlier this year. I don't think any of the others have been released. Adam Rogers' DICE just put out their first record this past week and Nate plays on it so it's pretty similar to the groove based tracks. Great stuff!
