Vertigo (Chris Potter album)

Vertigo
Vertigo
Studio album by the Chris Potter Quartet
Released	August 4, 1998
Recorded	April 9–10, 1998
Venue	Sony Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:09
Label	Concord; CCD-4843-2
Producer	Allen Farnham
Chris Potter chronology

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

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[edit]

All compositions by Chris Potter

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

Personnel[edit]

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[edit]

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

[1] Chris Potter Leader Discography, accessed January 9, 2017

[2] Concord Records Album Entry, accessed January 9, 2017

[Allmusic-3] Adler, David R.. Chris Potter - Vertigo: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1175. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[AAJ1-5] Adler, D. All About Jazz Review, September 1, 1998

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v t e Chris Potter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Presenting Chris Potter (1992) Concentric Circles (1993) Sundiata (1993) Pure (1994) Moving In (1996) Unspoken (1997) Vertigo (1998) Gratitude (2000) Traveling Mercies (2002) Underground (2006) Song for Anyone (2006) Ultrahang (2009) Transatlantic (with the DR Big Band, 2010) The Sirens (2011) Imaginary Cities (2013) The Dreamer Is the Dream (2016) Circuits (2017) Sunrise Reprise (2020)
Live albums	Concord Duo Series Volume Ten (with Kenny Werner, 1994) This Will Be (2000) Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard (2002) Follow the Red Line (2007) Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (2022)