| Gratitude | ||||
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| Released | April 3, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | September 27–28, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:21 | |||
| Label | Verve 314 549 433-2 | |||
| Producer | Jason Olaine, Chris Potter | |||
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Gratitude is the eighth studio album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter, the first to be released on the Verve label, on April 3, 2001. [1] It features Potter's quartet of pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [2] |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Paula Edelstein stated: "Saxophonist Chris Potter honors the legacy of some of jazz's greats on Gratitude, his debut for Verve. The award-winning virtuoso and composer is compelling on his tributes to John Coltrane, Eddie Harris, Wayne Shorter, Charlie Parker, and several other legendary saxophonists. ... Potter, leading his great quartet of contemporaries makes a significant contribution to jazz history with this project and offers musical statements and voices that are truly varied in scope and deep in their essence". [3]
All About Jazz correspondent David Adler observed: "Jazz is a lethargic sales category, so major labels often like jazz artists to do concept albums — usually tributes to legends both living and dead — to attract the attention of otherwise indifferent consumers. But tributes often seem self-conscious and forced, stultifying the artist’s individual voice by imposing an artificial agenda upon it. Happily, Gratitude escapes this fate. It’s a generalized tribute, an acknowledgement of saxophone greats (eleven of them, to be exact) who have influenced Potter and continue to do so. (McCoy Tyner made a similar gesture with Jazz Roots ) The idea seems to flow naturally from Potter’s artistic self-image, and so it serves him well". [2]
All compositions by Chris Potter except where indicated
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