Vertigo (Chris Potter album)

1998 studio album by the Chris Potter Quartet

Vertigo is the seventh studio album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter, released on the Concord label in 1998.^[1][2] It features Potter with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Billy Drummond. Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano appears on three tracks.

Reception

The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Vertigo is Potter's most mature and expressive work to date. ... Vertigo reveals Potter as a player and composer with an uncommonly personal vision".^[3]

All About Jazz correspondent Jack Bowers observed that "all of the songs on Vertigo, Potter's fifth date under his own name for Concord Jazz, were composed by the 27-year-old South Carolinian, and none of them, to these ears, serves as more than a convenient springboard for improvisation ... if I were more enamored of Potter's still-developing prowess as a composer, the session would receive more than a lukewarm endorsement".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Chris Potter

1. "Shiva" − 8:05
2. "Vertigo" − 8:27
3. "Long Walk, Short Pier" − 8:07
4. "Act III, Scene I" − 3:38
5. "Fishy" − 6:31
6. "This Will Be" − 7:01
7. "Almost Home" − 5:49
8. "Modeen's Mood" − 9:32
9. "Wake Up" − 5:59

Personnel

• Chris Potter - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, piano
• Kurt Rosenwinkel − guitar
• Scott Colley − bass
• Billy Drummond - drums
• Joe Lovano − tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 6 & 8)

References

1. Chris Potter Leader Discography, accessed January 9, 2017
2. Concord Records Album Entry, accessed January 9, 2017
3. Adler, David R.. Chris Potter - Vertigo: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1175. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Adler, D. All About Jazz Review, September 1, 1998