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Jon Cowherd Trio – ‘Pride and Joy’ (2022)

Jon Cowherd Trio – ‘Pride and Joy’ (2022)

With ‘Pride & Joy,’ piano ace Jon Cowherd leads a top-shelf trio with two very special guests to make high-quality jazz richly inspired by personal experiences.

Joey Alexander – ‘Origin’ (2022)

Joey Alexander – ‘Origin’ (2022)

All that hype surrounding a child who plays a sophisticated music form like an old veteran is real, but now that Joey Alexander is no longer child and finding his own identity, the hype feels even more real than before with the all-originals ‘Origin.’

Chris Potter Circuits Trio – ‘Sunrise Reprise’ (2021)

Chris Potter Circuits Trio – ‘Sunrise Reprise’ (2021)

As we experience the hopeful signs of society coming out of a dark winter of plague, Chris Potter and his Circuits Trio are giving us music of rejuvenation with ‘Sunrise Reprise.’

Chris Potter – ‘There Is A Tide’ (2020)

Chris Potter – ‘There Is A Tide’ (2020)

We already knew that Chris Potter is good, but know we now know that he’s good even he has to do everything by himself.

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Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter – ‘Good Hope’ (2019)

Perhaps ‘Good Hope,’ the new collaboration from Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter, was meant to be. It sure sounds that way.

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Chris Potter – ‘Circuits’ (2019)

‘Circuits’ is another directional change for the supremely talented Chris Potter, but with the same high mark of accomplishment and ingenuity that’s found on nearly all of his recordings.

Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh: S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2017  (Part 2 of 4, Modern and Mainstream Jazz)

Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh: S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2017 (Part 2 of 4, Modern and Mainstream Jazz)

It was easy to find jazz records that deserved a year-end salute; maybe ‘too’ easy. The heavy lifting came from figuring out which stood above the rest for this Best of 2017 list.

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Chris Potter – The Dreamer Is The Dream (2017)

The opening notes on “Heart In Hand” from Chris Potter’s tenor sax traces Wayne Shorter’s opening remark on “Dance Cadaverous” but Potter’s own deeply expressive character quickly surfaces on his own spare but symphonic poem. In what begins as a You May Also Like: Chris Potter – ‘Circuits’ (2019) DaveRead More

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Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland – Aziza (2016)

Across four careers that leave nothing left to prove, Holland, Potter, Harland and Loueke look to each other for further inspiration on ‘Aziza.’

S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2015 (Part 4 of 4, Fusion Jazz): John McLaughlin, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Jeff Lorber

S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2015 (Part 4 of 4, Fusion Jazz): John McLaughlin, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Jeff Lorber

S. Victor Aaron picks the best of 2015’s fusion jazz music, including John McLaughlin, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Jeff Lorber and others.