Imagine the world Chris Potter saw when he stepped into the role of Next New Jazz Tenor Saxophonist. He was 18 when he broke out in New York and by then there was virtually no note left unplayed, no ...

The renowned artist Chris Potter inspired countless people from around the world while painting colorful landscapes of the Santa Barbara coast. Now his name and vision will continue to do the same ...

Veteran saxophonist and composer Chris Potter, onstage at the beginning of the final performance of a four-night presentation in San Francisco of "Generations," his remarkable new suite, informed the ...

With a like-minded quartet from jazz's mainstream, tenor saxophonist Chris Potter pays homage to saxophone masters John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Eddie Harris, Wayne Shorter, Michael ...

The saxophonist has released more than 30 albums as a bandleader since 1993, and he moves back and forth between electric fusion-style jazz and acoustic playing with deceptive ease. He’s received ...

Late local artist Chris Potter’s portrait of “Potter’s Point” bluffs was selected as this year’s official NatureTrack Film Festival poster. The city of Goleta also recently renamed those very bluffs ...

Verve As enjoyable as it was listening to saxophonist Chris Potter tip his hat to Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and other reedmen on his last recording, "Gratitude," even more rewarding ...

Last month, I was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. My car was declared totaled and I’m still recovering from the incident. Unfortunately, it happened the same night that tenor saxophone player ...

I make no secret of my belief in Chris Potter’s preeminence, not only among his generation of jazzmen but also in the long legendry of the music’s saxophonists. Potter echoes Sonny Rollins, John ...

No horn man gets deeper into a solo than Chris Potter. But his relentless improvisations go beyond the melodic and harmonic explorations we’ve come to expect from saxophonists: he also dissects, ...