CHRIS POTTER - THREE IS A TIDE

• chris potter: there is a tide
      (2020, cd, europe, edition records)

Renowned saxophone and clarinet player Chris Potter was cut off from his usual habitat (touring and recording with other musicians) during covid.
For Chris, this did not result in on-line or separated recording sessions with other musicians. No. Chris recorded an entire album playing all the instruments himself: piano, guitar, bass, drums,...
And it sounds amazing.

For Chris Potter, a musician who has been on the road continuously since the 1990s, whose raison d’etre is playing live, lockdown presented both a challenge and an opportunity. It’s a tribute to his creativity, personal integrity and huge musical talent that Chris was able to take on this challenge and make something unbelievably fresh from the opportunity.

Starting in May 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement was kicking off (reflected in the track ‘I Had A Dream’), Chris set out to create something alone, to express his reaction to these chaotic times. Uniquely, playing each and every instrument: piano, keyboards, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, drums, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, percussion, samples and of course saxophones, Chris took just six weeks to complete the whole process.

-- info: Danny Mathys