Presenting Chris Potter

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Presenting Chris Potter
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Studio album by
Chris Potter Quintet
Released1993
RecordedDecember 29, 1992
StudioRPM Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length65:29
Label Criss Cross Jazz
Producer Gerry Teekens
Chris Potter chronology
Presenting Chris Potter
(1993)		 Concentric Circles
(1994)

Presenting Chris Potter is the debut album led by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter which was recorded on December 29, 1992, and released in 1993 in the Netherlands by the Criss Cross Jazz label. [1] [2] It features Potter in a quintet with trumpeter John Swana, pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash.

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Track listing

All compositions by Chris Potter except where noted

  1. "Juggernaut" − 8:09
  2. "Uneasy Dreams" − 8:26
  3. "The Tail That Wags the Dog" − 9:31
  4. "Reflections" (Thelonious Monk) − 7:12
  5. "So Far" − 10:49
  6. "Solar" (Miles Davis) − 6:21
  7. "Cindy's Story" − 8:43
  8. "General Rodney" – 6:15

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Criss Cross Jazz Album Entry, accessed January 10, 2018
  2. ↑ Chris Potter Leader Discography, accessed January 10, 2018
  3. ↑ Chris Potter – Presenting Chris Potter: Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1175. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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