Chris Potter Circuits Trio
July 31, 2021
Newport, RI @ Ft. Adams State Park - Newport Jazz Festival

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Recorded by Mr. Mountjoy

01. ??? 15:12

Chris Potter - saxophone
James Francies - piano & keyboards
Eric Harland - drums & percussion

Notes: This is only the first 15 minutes of their performance.

Fellow saxophonist Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio with keyboardist James Francies and drummer Eric Harland (sporting a Richie Havens-size beard) can best be described as a musical high-wire act performed with many knowing grins. All three musicians are up for anything, never shirk from risk, and aren’t afraid to show off the bone-dry wit they share. “Nowhere, Now Here” was a case in point; the wry smile that stayed on Potter’s face for most of the time that he wasn’t playing transferred itself directly to his tenor tone when he was. For “Suite,” which combined aspects of Stravinsky’s Firebird and Parker’s “Yardbird,” the leader clicked on a harmonizer pedal, turning him into a one-man sax section and taking his lines even further out.

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