Chris Potter Trio

In the organizer's words:

Saxophonist Chris Potter probably doesn't need much introduction here. He has been one of the world's leading saxophonists for over 30 years. For some, he is even the best of all time. It is certain that his name can be mentioned with a clear conscience in the same breath as the greats such as John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson, etc.. Sound, technique, innovation, musicality. These are all terms that are associated with Chris. In now over 20 studio albums under his own name and countless as a sideman (with the likes of Pat Metheny, Ray Brown, Jim Hall, Steely Dan, You name it, among others), Potter has reinvented the game again and again, raising the bar a bit higher each time, inspiring more and more saxophonists and inspiring more and more young musicians for the music we all love so much.
The versatility in his discography is particularly remarkable. Starting with the Dutch "Very Hard Bop" yard "Criss Cross - Records" with mercilessly nailed solos over changes that on paper look more like Stephen Hawkins wet dream, over innovative, groovy line-ups with the hippest cats of the New York scene in the two-thousands, to tastefully arranged and sensitively played large ensemble works recorded in the hallowed halls of ECM records. He can do it all.
In 2007, Potter recorded the album "Follow the Red Line" live at the Santiago de Compostela of jazz, New York's Village Vanguard club. It was an incredible disc that had the same consequences for the music scene at the time as the Fosbury flop had for the high jump in 1968. It changed everything. The extent of the hype was so enormous that in the following years tourists would make pilgrimages to New York to the Village Vanguard to see if the building had survived it all. The brutal grooves and the burning sax solos suggest otherwise...
The special thing about the record was that Potter deliberately did without a bassist in order to give the pianist more harmonic freedom. A very demanding task, which Potter finally entrusted to the Detroit-born pianist Craig Taborn. The mastery with which he mastered the challenge secured him a place on the international "Heavy Cat" list and in the phone books of jazz clubs worldwide.
At the concert here at domicil you can experience the whole thing live! Together with drummer Eric Harland, who was named in the 65th Down Beat readers' poll in the list of the best drummers of all time along with old masters like Roy Haynes and Elvin Jones, Chris Potter and Craig Taborn are coming to Dortmund to thoroughly test the static of our club with their music.

Price information:

Discount 50%, U20 admission free