Chris Potter and The DR Big Band - Transatlantic (2011)

1 	Quick 	
2 	The Steppes     (Soloist [Additional Solo] – Per Gade)
3 	Interlude 	
4 	New Year's Day    (Soloist [Additional Solo] – Mads La Cour)
5 	Narrow Road 	
6 	Abyssinia    (Soloist [Additional Solo] – Søren Frost)
7 	Totally 	
8 	Rumination    (Soloist [Additional Solo] – Steen Hansen)

Acoustic Bass – Kaspar Vadsholt
Arranged By, Written-By, Conductor, Saxophone – Chris Potter
Drums – Søren Frost
Danish Radio Big Band
Piano – Magnus Hjort
Reeds – Lars Møller, Nicolai Schultz, Pelle Fridell, Peter Fuglsang, Uffe Markussen
Trombone – Jakob Munck, Peter Jensen, Steen Hansen, Vincent Nilsson
Trumpet – Anders Gustafsson, Christer Gustafsson, Gerard Presencer,
 Mads La Cour, Thomas Kjærgaard

Chris Potter has long established himself as one of the top saxophonists of his generation, but these 2010 sessions with the DR Big Band find him breaking new ground, writing original material for a large ensemble while conducting and serving as the primary soloist as well. "Quick" is a quirky opener, with a funky undercurrent but rich harmonies, dissonance, and his hard-blowing tenor sax. The boisterous "New Year's Day" features more of Potter's burning, Sonny Rollins-influenced tenor, plus the expressive trumpet of Mads la Cour (a fine bandleader in his own right). The sorrowful "Abyssinia" has an exotic air and lumbering pace, but a majesty all its own with the leader's rich scoring of the brass and reeds. But it is the finale, the extended post-bop vehicle "Rumination," that leaves the most lasting impression, alternating between a percolating cooker with the brass subdivided into different sections to back his burning solo, and a mellower mood with a robust solo by trombonist Steen Hansen. Fans of Chris Potter who are used to hearing him lead various small groups will have their ears opened by this outstanding progressive release. ---Ken Dryden, AllMusic Review

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