All fictional worlds are imaginary, but some are more imaginary than others. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities amazon. But can a boy who isnt there survive without a friend to dream him up. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities album epk. Chris potter interview and imaginary cities if you havent heard, chris potter s fantastic new album, imaginary cities, is out. The saxophonist expanded the reach of his underground quartet for 2015s imaginary cities. Potter s writing on imaginary cities engages every aspect of his jazz. One of the most respected saxophonists in jazz since his arrival in the early 90s, chris potter has credits including dave holland, steely dan, and recently pat metheny unity band. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet. Imaginary cities by chris potter and underground orchestra on.
The imaginary network expanded ine is a network of art sharing subreddits ranging from broad in subject to very specific. As with his last ecm release, the sirens, imaginary cities is equally audacious, but in a completely different way. A profound paradigm shift for the saxophonist, imaginary cities suggests that the end point of potter s potential seems still very far beyond the horizon. The breadth of topics mentioned and the knowledge of darran anderson is breathtaking, but there is so much going on and its so wide ranging that its a little bit difficult for it all to be memorable. Underground orchestra imaginary cities imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra.
Potter s writing on imaginary cities engages every aspect of his jazz palette. It is his most ambitious project to date, and arguably his most expertly articulated. Imaginary cities, an album by chris potter, underground orchestra on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Secondo disco realizzato per letichetta ecm dopo the sirensconcept album in quintetto del 20 ispirato allodissea imaginary cities presenta una suite. See more ideas about childrens books, books and book activities. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Potter has recorded with dave holland on several occasions, and has won the danish jazzpar prize. Imaginary cities by chris potter and underground orchestra. Perfect for children with big imaginations, and who like a bit of scare in their stories. Best imaginary worlds in childrens books nosy crow. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015. Chris potter is fast becoming one of the most highly regarded tenor saxophonists around, and this, his first album under his own name, offers a fantastic showcase of his impressive talent. Harry potter director chris columbus to write childrens.
The record seems to have two central focuses, writing for a unique instrumentation includes string quartet and improvisatory exploration. His new album introduces an expanded version of the underground quartet. Imaginary cities by chris potter saxophonechris potter. Music profile for chris potter, born 1 january 1971. Bunting eats imaginary beings to live another year of his life. Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities cd. Down beat called him one of the most studied and copied saxophonists on the planet while jazz times identified him as a figure of international renown. Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. The premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra.
Some of chris potters best recordings are by the group he calls underground, with craig taborn on fender rhodes, adam rogers on guitar and nate smith on drums. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015, cd. Saxophonist chris potter s four piece underground has been one of the most listenedto small groups of the past decade. Saxophonist chris potters four piece underground has been one of the most. Signup for updates, latest works and news get new art alerts. This is chris potter megalopolis by rcapmusic on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Chris potter is an american jazz saxophonist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist. Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities. Apr 10, 2012 imaginary cities playing an acoustic version of their song ride this out from the album temporary resident at their jam space in winnipeg, manitoba, canada. Chris potter and the underground orchestra imaginary cities. Imaginary cities proves that chris potter is not just a composer of interesting jazz. Imaginary cities, an album of great power and expressive range, is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Best imaginary worlds in childrens books march 25, 20. Regardless of extra content, chris potter and the underground orchestra have created one of the most dynamic, atmospheric, and imaginative works not only in jazz, but in the field of modern popular music. Yet with the sirens ecm, 20an acoustic suite inspired by homers odyssey potter was in the composing form of his life.
Ive learned lots of lessons, and now its time to share them. Its an excellent showcase for potter, taborn, and the string quartet, who all deliver excellent solos while keeping the tunes large landscape feel throughout one can hear traces of aaron copeland in some of its thematic lines. Imaginary cities chris potter orchestra musicians friend. Zea, a live recording with hungarian ethnojazz group mihaly dresch quartet, arrived in 2017. Chris potter imaginary cities vinyl lp amoeba music. Photos from an underground tour in 2008 with chris, craig taborn rhodes, adam rogers guitar and nate smith drums. He expands his eclectic underground quartet here to. No two days are alike and there are so many beautiful places that its impossible to run out of subjects and inspiration. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities chris potter. Albums include imaginary cities, circuits, and the sirens. Potter came to prominence as a sideman with trumpeter red rodney, before stints with drummer paul motian, bassist dave holland, trumpeter dave douglas and others. Chris potter s new conceptual piece doesnt always integrate jazz and modern classical seamlessly, but theres some fascinating stuff here, writes john fordham. Nonesuch records, 2014 with pat metheny s unity group its a wonder that chris potter has had time for his own projects. It is the goal of the ine to share, inspire, discuss and appreciate static image paintings, drawings, and digital art while maintaining artist credit and source links. Jan 22, 2015 the title music here is a fourpart suite written for a combination of potters regular underground band, two basses and a string quartet. A series offering indepth cultural, historical and literary guides to the great cities of the world. The strings players selectively shadow potters moves before potter rips off one of signature scorcher solos, followed by nelsons puckish one. Jan 09, 2012 after directing and producing the first two harry potter films, hollywood vip chris columbus is now set to unleash his own fantasy adventure series for children on the world of books. Imaginary cities chris potter underground orchestra, chris.
Chris potter underground orchestra extended analysis chris potter john kelman ecm records united states new york new york city michael brecker red rodney dave holland craig taborn david virelles adam rogers nate smith steve nelson mark feldman scott colley fima ephron manfred eicher chris potter underground orchestra. Every time i hike out to an amazing spot, i get an overwhelming sense of potential. Soon rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and marimba. Chris potter, author at lessons learned in business. Chris potter, underground orchestra imaginary cities 2015 flac tracks 24bit88,2 khz time 71.
Imaginary cities s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Imaginary cities by chris potter, released in 2015 on ecm records. References are multiidiomatic and multicultural, and potter had arabic and indian string sections in mind, as well as contemporary composition, when shaping this material. Imaginary cities listen and stream free music, albums, new. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet. Theres friendship and peril, and a very nasty character who wants to eat all of the imaginary friends. Buy chris potter underground orchestra, chris potter s album titled imaginary cities to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Imaginary cities is a canadian indie pop band based in winnipeg, manitoba. Im chris potter, the guy behind lessons learned in business. Imaginary cities listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos imaginary cities. Chris potter imaginary cities dokumentation youtube. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbowtoelbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearnedfor better place. Only amanda can see her imaginary friend until the sinister mr bunting arrives at amandas door. The thread that links these previous recordings with imaginary cities is potter s narrative versatility.
There is, however, a suitelike continuity to the entire album. The album was credited to the chris potter underground orchestra. In addition to its original lineup, potter added two bass players and a string quartet. We believe that people in a modern city, regardless of their social status, educational background and etc. Published march 19, 2015april 25, 2019 by thomas conrad. Complete your chris potter underground orchestra collection. More than ordinary guidebooks, they introduce the visitor or armchair traveller to each citys unique presentday identity and its links with the past. Discover book depositorys huge selection of chris w potter books online. This prompted us to talk about the best imaginary worlds in childrens books. Eli bennett is a 35timeawardwinning saxophonist and has studied with chris potter.
I really like the idea of showcasing different urban rowhouses from around the world on one street as a symbol of diversity and appraisal of architecture. The band consists of multiinstrumentalist rusty matyas, formerly of the waking eyes and a sometime collaborator with the weakerthans, and vocalist marti sarbit. Find similar albums to imaginary cities chris potter underground orchestra, chris potter on allmusic. Dec 31, 2009 imaginary cities hummingbird, released 31 december 2009 hailing from austin, texas, choffel lays her jazztinged, blueeyed, smokey nsoulful vocals over pop leaning gems. I go outside nearly every day to try and capture what i see and feel. Imaginary cities by chris potter underground orchestra. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and marimba man steve nelson. Chris potter born january 1, 1971 is an american jazz saxophonist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist potter came to prominence as a sideman with trumpeter red rodney, before stints with drummer paul motian, bassist dave holland, trumpeter dave douglas and others. Imaginary cities ride this out acoustic version youtube. The concept of the four movement structure of imaginary cities. A worldclass soloist, accomplished composer and formidable bandleader, saxophonist chris potter has emerged as a leading light of his generation.
And theres a scary image of his rows and rows of teeth as he tries to eat rudger. On the sirens, potter completely redefined the sonic tapestry of a traditional acoustic saxpianobassdrums quartet by adding a second keyboard player david virelles on celeste, harmonium and prepared piano. While most exercises in combining jazz composition. Digital booklet imaginary cities, an album of great power and expressive range, is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s new underground orchestra. Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potters new underground orchestra. Publishers weekly published this list of the ten best imaginary countries in literature. Imaginary cities is a rich exploration of the city in myth, fiction and history. It embraces modern classical music as part of a striking whole. One of the cultural imaginary is the instantaneous and ubiquitous circulation of information in cities.
Imaginary cities is the recording premiere of saxophonist chris potter s underground orchestra. When he made his debut for ecm in february 20 i was excited at what would happen. He founded eli bennett publishing in 2012 with the release of the ebook chris potter plays acapella solo standards. Imaginary cities chris potter underground orchestra. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. Some find it alone, others in collaboration the new. Not the least of the achievements of imaginary cities is the way in which potter has extended the tremendous rhythmic drive of his underground band into his music for the larger group.
At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland. Thinking big has rarely been an obstacle for chris potter, a saxophonist of inquisitive. Chris potter plays acapella solo standards the official. Chris potter underground orchestra imaginary cities chris potter tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet adam rogers guitars craig. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days, vibes and. The dreamer is the dream is a studio album by american jazz saxophonist chris potter released by the ecm label on 21 april 2017. The gruffalo by julia donaldson, the sasquatch escape by suzanne selfors, hotel fantastic by thomas gibault, fantas. Parents need to know the imaginary is a fantasy about a little girl, amanda, and her imaginary friend, rudger, that has some ageappropriate scariness. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his longestablished underground quartet with adam rogers, craig taborn and nate smith now joined by two bassists, a string quartet, and potter s old comrade from dave holland quintet days. Imaginary cities is a stusio album by american jazz saxophonist chris potter released on the ecm label in 2015.
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