Potter, Chris / Sirens, The
| Album: | Sirens, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Potter, Chris | Added: | Feb 2013 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records (Jazz) | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-02-16 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 24 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 03, 2022: | The Red Wheelbarrow (rebroadcast from Mar 13, 2013)
The Sirens, Wine Dark Sea |
4. | Sep 20, 2014: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour in a House in Space
Wayfinder |
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| 2. | Mar 21, 2017: | Waste FM
Nausikaa |
5. | Jan 03, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum: Remembering 2013
Wayfinder |
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| 3. | Apr 01, 2016: | Rebop
The Sirens |
6. | Apr 19, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum: Track 6
Kalypso |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2013-02-16
Reviewed 2013-02-16
CHRIS POTTER: The Sirens
ECM, 2013
MODERN JAZZ – Top saxophonist leads a great quintet through a suite inspired by the themes and emotions of The Odyssey. Both poetic and grooving, with moments of cold, cerebral abstraction and heated, sometimes even funky drive (check out #2, it has all of that). This is unpredictable but cohesive – and really interesting – stuff. The use of piano + atmospheric acoustic keyboards gives it all a dreamlike air.
Chris Potter : saxophones, bass clarinet
Craig Taborn : piano
David Virelles : piano, celeste, harmonium
Larry Grenadier : bass
Eric Harland : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
1. 8:49 – lyrical intro, lightly funky traveling rhythm; solos cover a lot of ground
2. 6:53 – cool rhythm, understated sound: gazes into distance, solves puzzles
3. 7:26 – optimistic intro, then quiet and chilly, introspective and questioning
4. 8:40 – soft, gentle and slowly flowing, with bass clarinet & bowed bass solo
5. 7:17 – aching ballad with soprano sax: outstanding solo from Potter
6. 8:26 – lopsided, meandering tune with strong hints of calypso and bebop
7. 5:44 – relaxed ballad, very dreamlike with gentle piano + celeste
8. 8:16 – serious, steadfast sound; marches along w/ knotty sax, flowing piano
9. 2:12 – very quiet, very spare solo piano, lots of silence
[ Fo ] - 16 February 2013
ECM, 2013
MODERN JAZZ – Top saxophonist leads a great quintet through a suite inspired by the themes and emotions of The Odyssey. Both poetic and grooving, with moments of cold, cerebral abstraction and heated, sometimes even funky drive (check out #2, it has all of that). This is unpredictable but cohesive – and really interesting – stuff. The use of piano + atmospheric acoustic keyboards gives it all a dreamlike air.
Chris Potter : saxophones, bass clarinet
Craig Taborn : piano
David Virelles : piano, celeste, harmonium
Larry Grenadier : bass
Eric Harland : drums
Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
1. 8:49 – lyrical intro, lightly funky traveling rhythm; solos cover a lot of ground
2. 6:53 – cool rhythm, understated sound: gazes into distance, solves puzzles
3. 7:26 – optimistic intro, then quiet and chilly, introspective and questioning
4. 8:40 – soft, gentle and slowly flowing, with bass clarinet & bowed bass solo
5. 7:17 – aching ballad with soprano sax: outstanding solo from Potter
6. 8:26 – lopsided, meandering tune with strong hints of calypso and bebop
7. 5:44 – relaxed ballad, very dreamlike with gentle piano + celeste
8. 8:16 – serious, steadfast sound; marches along w/ knotty sax, flowing piano
9. 2:12 – very quiet, very spare solo piano, lots of silence
[ Fo ] - 16 February 2013
Track Listing
| 1. | Wine Dark Sea | 6. | Kalypso | |||
| 2. | Wayfinder | 7. | Nausikaa | |||
| 3. | Dawn (With Her Rosy Fingers) | 8. | Stranger At The Gate | |||
| 4. | The Sirens | 9. | The Shades | |||
| 5. | Penelope | . |