Chris Potter Circuits Trio: Sunrise Reprise

Editor's Choice

Rating: ★★★★

Record and Artist Details

Musicians:

Chris Potter (ts, ss, cl, fl, sampler, ky)
James Francies
Eric Harland

Label:

Edition Records EDN

May/2021

Media Format:

CD, LP, DL

Catalogue Number:

1171

RecordDate:

Rec. September 2020

Sometimes recordings are all about the timing, and we're not talking about a musical pulse here. Whether it's the cathartic release after having been separated from interaction with other musicians for over six months, as the internationally renowned post-bop tenor/soprano saxophonist Chris Potter has suggested – “It felt such a release, a sense of freedom to create and to express ourselves collectively. It's this that has been the central part of this album” – or whether there was something in the air, Potter and his Circuits trio have radically raised their game for the new release Sunrise Reprise. Their second CD for Dave Stapleton's Edition Records sounds like it has a freshness of purpose; a playfully inventive flood of ideas seem to organically and spontaneously flow out of Potter's ear-catching new themes, in comparison to the more structured approach on his previous lockdown release There is a Tide recorded in isolation on which he performed all the instruments. Sunrise Reprise is made up of five compositions. Following three outstanding tracks, both in composition and execution, comes a sumptuous ballad ‘The Peanut’ with Potter coming out of his shell with a performance that's raw and passionate. The closing near-to 25-minute ‘Nowhere, Here Now Sunrise’ begins with a dream-like Charles Lloyd-like flute followed by some breathtaking soloing from all concerned against a hip contemporary latin/drum ‘n’ bass setting. Sunrise Reprise has to be up there with his career best.

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