Solos That Rule: Chris Potter on "The Source" (LIVE bootleg from 2001)
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- A full-solo reaction video. (Complete pass at the end).
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Full geek-out mode in 3, 2, 1...
This is inspirational geeking!
Just glad to see I’m not the only one!
Amazing stuff Bob! Potter drives are the absolute best.
Driving listening to jazz solo is like a "mise en abyme" of the solo itself: driving through and enjoying a way
Says to cop when he gets pulled over "Sorry officer, I was listening to Chris Potter". "Oh, that's okay then. on your way."
That actually happened to me. Close to home 3:00 am after a gig, flashing lights appeared in my rear view. The woman deputy asked if I new I was speeding. I apologized and said, “no I wasn’t paying attention. I was singing along with Frank Sinatra”. She was looking at my license and could see I was less than a mile from home. She laughed and said that was the best one she had ever heard and sent me on my way.
I often wonder how the hell you have the motivation to keep on improving but watching you absolutely wig out to this makes it pretty clear that you are still absolutely loving every second of it - totally inspiring man, thank you
I have the same feeling and reaction as you every time I listen to Chris Potter solo
How you physically react to what you hear makes it somehow abundantly clear why we (jazz musicians, and I really think all musicians) both consume and make music. Loved this video.
Bob, you made me feel like a freaking 19 year old again at that Jamey Abersold camp with you. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!
I was at this show!!! I have vivid memories of how insane it was.
I've always been a huge fan of the VLOGs but lately these new types of breakdown videos have been so informative. Especially for solos as complex as Chris Potter's, its pretty daunting to try to make sense of it on my own so getting your insight is so valuable!
Bob this is such a cool video. The way you just sit in the middle of the camera and listen and react makes for a really fun watching experience. And all of your commentary on Chris’ solo is really helpful and makes things a bit clearer. Thanks!
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you are so humble, that's the beatiful thing.
Brian Blade is probably the best drummer i've ever seen live.
Love this video... I always return to SEE you this passionate... This is what is all about.
it's like 'what makes this song great' from Rick Beato, it could be 'what makes this solo great'. So much fun to watch you be amezed by this solo, all your 'aah's and oooh's are fun to watch and go with, thanks for the work and the efford,
I was in Columbia, SC in 1989. I went to a little bar at 5 points called "PUGS" for some live music. There was an 18? year old playing sax with the rest of the group being at least twice that age. Low and behold that sax player was Chris Potter. I told the non-jazz lover I was with , that that sax player was going to be a big name some day. Somewhere I have the cassette that I bought there.
my favorite part was the uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted drone footage
OMG. I totally forgot to cut those out. I was so thrown by having to redo/re-upload that I forgot I left those shots in 😂🤦🏼♂️
@@bobreynolds glad you didnt took it off! it totally fit the mood!!!
This is also an old one, but the Potter solo that knocks me out was the four minutes or so on Steely Dan's "West of Hollywood". Because that tune finishes by going through a long, complex, not-really repeating solo progression twice, then the band fizzles out and quits one at a time with Potter still blowing - and if you think about why top-drawer studio craftsmen like the Dan might have done something like that, it seems like they had probably intended the tune to have a fade-out ending. Except that Potter played so well, so inventively and melodically, that they wound up keeping and releasing the whole thing, complete with fizzle-out.
I happen to know that is exactly what happened. I once worked with the engineer who said the guys weren't there when CP recorded and because it was a fade ending he didn't know where to stop and just kept going...and they kept it all because: Potter 🔥☺️
@@bobreynolds Wow! That was just a guess on my part: It seemed like a weird "keeping the mistakes" thing to do - especially for Steely Dan, who are noted as THE studio craftsmen of all time. And the only reason I could guess Donald + Walter would do that was that Potter's solo was so outstanding that they couldn't bring themselves to fade or edit it, so they kept the whole thing. Complete with the band falling apart and stopping at the end. After all, they're jazz nuts first and foremost, and there are great recorded jazz performances released with clams and miscues left in because the solos or interaction were just too good to not release.
I've just made it over here from listening to you play on snarky puppy! Gotta say, you're my favourite member of the band on those live We Like It Here recordings in 2014. Absolutely stellar stuff!
"Overtone boxing".. perfect description. I saw Chris Potter in Dave Douglas Quartet (James Genus & Ben Perowsky) way back in the 90's, in Padova, Italy. Me and my friend were screaming and hollering pretty much like you guys do on this tape :). Great content man!
Once again, Bob treats us with an amazing video. Could watch stuff like this for days. Thank you so much!
Was just about to practice, really needed this for inspo man. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks for another great video Bob! Hays is right there with Potter all the way, suggesting new directions with voicings, pushing but never imposing, magical comping !
BTW, I was at berklee too and still have a very clear memory of a cafe show you did (Milan, Mark and Kendrick in the band), that kicked my ass as a first semester kid back then... Keep up the great work and thanks for what you do!
Man, your enthusiasm and joy is contagious
Bob, your enthusiasm is so contagious! Thanks for doing what you do! Killer stuff…
Tune is reminiscent of Coltrane's "Mr. Day" From Coltrane Plays the Blues. One of my old teachers learned it from Chris on a gig, so maybe there's a link there of inspiration! Same key, too, if i'm not mistaken. Blade is so crucial in this solo being what it is!! Thanks for the video Bob.
This is amazing. I've listened to this record millions of times and don't know this bootleg. Thanks for sharing.
"The sonic vacuum "👍
Bob you are the Man
It's awesome to see such a great player in his own right still seeking inspiration and technique from other players. This probably happens more than I realize, but it's rarely exposed for the rest of us to see and also learn from. Kudos and much thanks!
Thank you so much, both Bob and Chris, and band !!!
What a great video, love your excitement and enthusiasm
Wonderful episode. New Chris Potter solo audio -- never before heard on the Internet. Thank you Bob :-)
YES to the full geek out. I've been a fan for years (also, the 'Guitar Band' album changed my life), and I don't know why I'm just finding out about this TH-cam channel... definitely inspirational for my craft. Deep dive starting in 3, 2, 1...
What a great video lesson. Thanks Bob!
Bob, I agree and understand where you’re at with Chris 100%. What an inspiration. Thank you God for Chris Potter and thank you, Bob for your inspiration
Hey it's Bryan
@@jerrodshackelford6773 hey Jerrod!
This is one of the more unique, helpful reaction videos I've seen.
Wow! Just fantastic. Great energy all around. 👍
You embody the passion I want my coworkers to show haha! Love it man this song and album completely blows my mind everytime Iisten to it! Fantastic
Oh - my - word.....I'm aurally exhausted. I'll have to rest and listen to this again tomorrow. And then pick up the horn.
Outrageous.
from 14:05 to about 14:07 (from the cymbal hit to the 'What?!') is maybe my favourite moment in a youtube video ever
Man, what a solo.....
One of your best vidz as well.
That is good jazz, wow! Great breakdown, and piano chops!
That was sooooooo fun!!
Great video, thx this will put a smile on my face for the rest of this weekend! And very reassuring to see that I am not alone! 😂 #freakingoutonjazzmusicinthecar
Yes Bob!
This is exactly how I go crazy when listening insane solos like Chris’ here :D ... like your videos btw.
Comps to YOU on breaking down such a complex and masterful solo. I’m pretty damn speechless! 😆🥴
Bob this is Awesome!! Just found out about you.
Great teaching style and Beautiful tone!
not an overstatement. Chris Potter is literally the best sax player humanity has ever had until now!
Best reaction video EVER
Awesome!
its so friggin fun to see our heroes being fan boys! Lol you look like a nice hang, bob!
Great Video!
Thanks a lot for sharing all this! Really brilliant consideration + truly "felt"!!! where can i find the original version?
Awesome!!!!
Love your music Bob.I am a drummer ,but the way you communicate musically is off the hook.Thanks.
Wanted to add I if don't have it. Check out Chris Potter playing with Jae Sinnett " The Better Half" . One of my favorites.
man how giddy you are is infectious ,
Chris Potter at Dave Holland quintet (with Billy Kilson) is amazing ,.. Dave Holland have the magic
Cool vid, man. Getting into jazz and working on my vocab so I am always searching for ii-V-I licks. That first lick sounded like the Charlie Parker Donna Lee lick, no? Def gonna use it even though Im still a little fuzzy on the theory behind it. Anywho, great video and thanks for the lesson.
ON-THE-BEAT HALF-NOTES!!! 13:50 ... so freakin awesome
The most impressive aspect of CP’s playing is his rhythm. I was at a Michael Brecker clinic at Berklee decades ago and he said he believed it all begins and ends with rhythm.
True on both counts
Hey Bob! I don't know if you know Max Ionata. It's an amazing italian saxophone player. I would love to see you reacting to one of his solos. Check him out, i'm sure you will enjoy. By the way, thanks for this video. It was sooo good! I love to listen music with my friends and family and this video its more or less like that!
100% the half notes are the NPR "All Things Considered" theme song LOL!!!
15:06 your making me feel this music bro goose bumps. Makes me wanna try to amateur transcribe for bass solo. Just even a fraction of it. :)
Chris Potter always blows my freakin mind!!
Snarky Puppy scheduled to be at Clearwater Fl Jazz Festival in October 21!
OMG 🔥what a lively, verbally great explained passionate solo 😁🙆🏻♀️humour and laughs guaranteed. Can you please 🙏do a follow up solo from the solo ?
Bob! I'd love to see a review of the BSS Heritage neck, I loved your geek out video with Ben Wendel!!
omg.......... killing
17:28 lol love the pillow
Yes!!
This is all your doing, Alex ☺️
Hey Alex is this true what Bob is saying?
Yes or no?
Over the last 60 years, John Coltrane was the future of the saxophone. If you wanted to be considered a forward thinking
saxophonist, you had to have that "Trane thang" in your playing. Be Bop had been usurped by the way Trane approached
improvisation. Be Bop was old hat. You couldn't play that way anymore, for fear of sounding "dated."
Then along comes Chris Potter.
He took the saxophone further into the future, but not so much through Trane, but through Sonny Rollins (i.e Charlie Parker)
This caught me way off guard, but it just shows how amazing and forward thinking Bird and Rollins were. And Parker even said
he hoped one day, someone would come along and take the Be Bop style and really do something with it. Well, I believe Sonny Rollins
was the catalyst of that movement, and maybe you could add Cannonball Adderley as well. But in spite of their greatness,
Trane's influence took center stage, and we kinda forgot about Rollins. And most saxophonists wanted to play tenor over alto after Trane,
so Cannonball was left behind as well. But Potter didn't forget Bird, Rollins or Cannonball, and now we are witness to just how far Be Bop could
actually go...and it's INSANELY powerful! I think Chris Potter has given Be Bop an additional 50 to 60 years of life,
right when we thought it was dead.
My apologies for the long diatribe. Thank you, Bob, for the video and your wonderful take on Potter's genius.
Quick 52nd St Theme quote in all that CP monstrosity!
Bob, the part where he plays half-notes (14:00) is the NPR morning edition theme!
Ahhhhh! Shoot 🤦🏼♂️
"Overtone Boxing" Heavyweight champion of the world Chris Potter🎷🥊
The most interesting Bob I now
4:49 SUSSY
5:25 SUSSY!!!
Meaning of course resembling the music of Richard Sussman
the same way i learned to sing Brecker solos. in the car, with all those facial expressions, I think...
sorry, i tried to learn singing Becker solos..:-)
Is this performance available somewhere? Or is it you Bob that record it during a live show? I would really like to get a copy of it and work on it! Great video Bob and continue the good work, really enjoy your video and music!
th-cam.com/video/eeM-4_wiYAg/w-d-xo.html
Random question: you mentioned in an earlier VLOG that you had your SBA Tenor’s vintage case restored in the LA Area by a master luggage repair shop. Do you mind sharing which shop did your repair/restoration?
What is that plastic thingy on your sax. a mute? could smb help identify it?
Here is more with the same group: th-cam.com/video/VHBV3RiwRFc/w-d-xo.html
Also some live in London Underground (2006)
@Pizza Express...more ridiculous Potter solos!!!
What headphones is Bob using? Are they grados?
14:47 Chris listens to NPR!
What player do you use to be able to go backwards by short intervals? Thanks
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i am a bass player and i wish i could think all on the spot !
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I wish I could dissect and replicate things by ear like this
slow it down
@@miste.remusic thats not the problem... my ear training isnt very good
@@jimrakestraw8917 the thing that did it for me is solfege. Thinking of melody in terms of do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. For example Jingle Bells is Mi Mi Mi, Mi Mi Mi, Mi Sol Do, Re Mi and so on... May the right teacher find you!
which brand strap do you have on?
Boston Sax Shop
Could anyone send here the link of this Live ?
th-cam.com/video/eeM-4_wiYAg/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugz5lXmbbcj2zkOoNw54AaABAg
Is Jazz a Sport ?
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Is anyone else's pet peeve that finger-pointing-the-contour-of-the-melody thing that musicians do when they're listening to solos they know? Heaps of respect for Bob and pretty much everything he's ever done, but... *shudder* maybe it's just me.
It doesn’t bother me at all, honestly
The end of that lick that you break down between about 4:00 and 7:00 in the video reminds me of the funky tune from the old "Pinball Number Count" animation from Sesame Street (i.e., th-cam.com/video/VOaZbaPzdsk/w-d-xo.html). I wonder if there's any connection. I know that Chris is of the right age to have heard it.
Ha ha yes I can hear that... “11 - 12!” Yeah that pinball music is freakin awesome, super hip odd meter funky groove and for sure is imprinted on any American born in the 70’s.
major 7 a whole step below the dominant root is straight out of G. Russell LCC!
Never checked that book out. I should. Is it good? (I’m sure it is, but, you know, like is it practical/applicable/useful? Probably is.) thanks!
4:21 These phrase is very similar (the same) to Genne Ammons first phrase on his solo over But not for me on Boss Tenor album 🔥🔥🔥
Do you mean the Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt album called “Dig Him!”... the very beginning of the track, right? Ha ha! Good call.
@@FrictionFive yasss hahaha that one!
Are you the same Bob Reynolds that subscribes to alphatrends?
4:49 I’m sorry I love jazz but I’m also 16 hahaha
At 8:43 I'm really starting to wonder if I will ever understand this stuff. Maybe I will just buy a nice motorcycle and go for a long ride.
21:06 just one note short of..... The Lick! Potter stopped himself before it was too late.
Man.... tasty, tasty, tasty....and sweet