@Aimee Nolte Music If Rick hasn’t already, he will. I love Rick’s reach. He touches intelligibly and deeply on so many facets of music and the music industry (as you’re well aware), and as I delve into his channel - and yours, for that matter - I gain such deeper respect for Rick’s and your work.
I once took a friend of a friend to see some jazz at 55 Bar in New York, and the artist happened to be Chris Potter. I’m not a huge jazz person, but I had a spiritual experience that night and have seen him about a dozen times since then. I consider him as powerful a musician as there is living. His peaks are absolutely transcendent.
I was fortunate to attend the New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music with Chris circa 1989-93 and it has been amazing watching his career trajectory! Sweet guy with a heart as huge as his talent. Much love and respect to both Chris for being the standard bearer of jazz and for Rick for highlighting artists of this caliber.
Further proof that (most)of the greats of this music ARE humble and approachable.Their only true objective is to constantly strive to express themselves to the very best of their ability,therefore leaving no time nor need for pettiness or hostility. The greatest of artists possess the truest of ❤️.
When Chris was a young teen he soloed with a jazz band I was in at the University of South Carolina in the 80's. He was crazy talented. Our director was the late Dr. John Emche.
I had the opportunity to mix live sound for Chris Potter once, and got to spend a good deal of time with him. As a sax player myself, not only is he insanely good, but just a super nice guy.
Love Chris Potter. I would like to know if Chris meditates. Or perhaps his practicing is his meditation. He’s always even keeled, steady, patient. Thanks very much for this interview, Rick.
Chris Potter was my first real jazz concert. Insane. It was as if he was inventing new notes. The whole video is available actually, live at the Blue Whale (rip) online. I was speechless after.
Another great interview with a musical giant. You have a knack for not only asking the most interesting and thought provoking questions, but you are a great and listener: not interrupting, talking about yourself etc. You are truly great at this.
Also played with Steely Dan, I believe. I was at a little jazz club here in Atlanta a few years ago and asked the sax player who he was listening to. Chris Potter was one of the two names he gave me at the time.
Really enjoyed that, thanks Rick and Chris. I was lucky to see the 'Underground' band at Ronnie Scotts a few years back, awesome! Check out a tune called 'Rumples' and hang on to your hat....!
it would be interesting to hear Potter's point of view now referring to his comment from 26.37 ("where our bread and butter is...." touring), in light of the pandemic basically preventing touring.... a musician's life has pretty much been crucified.
I am not a huge jazz afficionado or a sax player but this was an absolutely great interview! Two immensely talented nice guys having a great chat about music, thanks, gents.
Great interview with Chris. I was just listening to one of my favorite album of his Concentric Circles a few days ago, what a treat.!!! 1000 thumbs up!!
Wow two nice guys! Great interview Rick! Would be great to get Craig Taborn on the show... he was awesome in Chris' band not to mention in Dave Holland's Prism project...
Awesome interview. Thanks Rick and Chris. I’ve seen Chris perform with the Dave Holland Quintet and the Kenny Werner Quintet. Incredible musician and he seems like a super nice guy to boot.
Chris's album Gratitude got me thru a really harsh emotional winter. I like how his projects are so different. Circuits is pretty interesting. Great interview!
WOW! Thanks Rick for doing this, this is fantastic! Thank you Chris, all the best! Chris, I really enjoyed seeing you, Eric Harland & James Francies on RU-vid at the Jazz à Porquerolles last year. I've watched it a few times now, astoundingly good!
Rick, you do such a great job of interviewing. Not only do you ask great questions, but I love that you have the patience to sit back and allow the person being interviewed to take time to give a thoughtful response. I think this is especially challenging for RU-vidrs because they're accustomed to having the attention 100% on them! Well done! Also, I'd absolutely love to see an interview with Kenny Werner someday, if possible! Thanks!
Such a great interview! Chris is so amazingly honest... transparent... I've been listening to this incredibly gifted man since his first CD. Just an amazing individual. Rick did an awesome job with this interview!
Chris really is incredible. I would love to see / hear him do an album dedicated to Allan Holdsworth, playing 6 - 10 of Allan's songs. Every time I listen to Holdsworth... I envision a great tenor playing. LFG!! 💪🎶🎷🎸
this one came back to my yt recs today. I was wondering if you would have a talk about the state of Jazz with one of its writers like Nate Chinen. Love the channel.
Great interview! Always worthwhile to hear Chris talk about music. From my perspective, I'm really glad the RU-vid boots are there because he plays in so many places and situations that realistically I'm never gonna get to hear any other way. On most of those videos the sound quality is really not that bad.
Spotify played "knower" for me one day, went on youtube to look em up, then youtube reccomended Snarky Puppy, fell in a hole that led to me going to three of their concerts - through snarky i got into chris potter. RU-vid and Spotify are just advertisment platforms that attratcs people to the performers concerts. Will go and see Chris Potter - hell i might even go and see Rick if he came to play :-)
odd start to the interview. likely that many? most? of the folks here are not soo familiar with Maestro Potter. What happened to a few moments of 'getting to know' Chris before diving into the 'deep questions.' Chris saved it by being his thoughtful and articulate self.
Hey Rick, I appreciate how diverse and inclusive you are! I was attending a Jamey Abersold summer jazz camp several years ago and Chris Potter was the main guest artist. I was unfamiliar with him at the time. I attended his evening concert for the week and my thoughts on the experience were how fortunate I was to see one of the biggest genius virtuosos of my lifetime! Thank you for this interview.
For those that are not familiar with Chris work; Check out: Introducing Chris Potter. Gratitude. Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard. The Sirens. Underground (there’s also a RU-vid documental) Unspoken. Traveling Mercies. What Now? (Kenny Wheeler album w Chris)
Being from Fort Worth now in Chicago I totally know what you mean. Thanks for your wisdom and perspective. Chris Potter and Rick Beato great conversation
interesting that he thinks jazz is partly drifting in the "academic" world. I find that especially true for "European Jazz" since the jazz-scene is not comparable to that in the U.S. (Germany especially having had a quite drastic brake from any continuity because of the Nazi-Regime that effected and delayed the jazz scene for quite a while after that....) Although it is a question that i often ask myself: how much knowledge did the old Jazz-Guys actually have. Is it a myth that a lot of them where not reading or where not theoretically educated? Or is it that there were just great difference in the theoretical knowledge between players that might otherwise have been equally good as performers... Coltrane for instance is known to be interested in theoretical concepts. Wes Montgomery is more labeled as "self-thaught"... PS: you forgot to mention that he was in Steely Dan as well.... I particulary remember his Solo on "Janie Runaway" on the Two against Nature DVD..... brilliant
