Follow the Red Line

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Follow the Red Line
Follow the Red Line.jpg
Live album by
Chris Potter Underground
Released2007
RecordedFebruary 15–17, 2007
VenueVillage Vanguard, New York City
GenreJazz
Length75:19
LabelSunnysidell
ProducerChris Potter, Louise Holland
Chris Potter chronology
Song for Anyone
(2007) 		Follow the Red Line
(2007) 		Ultrahang
(2009)

Follow the Red Line (subtitled Live at the Village Vanguard) is a live album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter released on the Sunnyside label in 2007.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[2]
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[3]
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[5]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 31⁄2 stars stating "For Potter's fans, this is a worthwhile addition to his growing discography. Considering Potter as a new music composer, this indicates how his music is changing and still flowering, and in a developmental stage. Evidently Potter and the audience were very pleased with the results".[2]

All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman observed "It's an exercise in futility to find a name for the music of Follow the Red Line. But as Potter blurs the lines between jazz, rock, funk and even a little afro- beat in ways that are finally being accepted again two decades after The New York Times declared the "pestilence known as fusion is dead," the best word to describe this recording is, quite simply, great".[3] Another review by Martin Longley stated "Potter penned nearly all the disc's pieces, all averaging around 13 minutes apiece; ample time to drive a powerful rhythmic point deep into the bowels. ... The extended length of these numbers is a bonus, as their live crackle is properly encapsulated on plastic, a valuable souvenir of what must have been an electrifying residency".[4]

In JazzTimes, David R. Adler wrote "All the material on Red Line is new. The takes are long, and we can hear Potter count off the tempos. His writing is full of tension and release, combining short, syncopated hooks and involved unison lines, open-ended vamps and passages of rippling harmonic complexity".[6]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Chris Potter except where indicated

  1. "Train" – 15:59
  2. "Arjuna" – 14:41
  3. "Pop Tune #1" – 11:56
  4. "Viva Las Vilnius" – 12:59
  5. "Zea" – 6:52
  6. "Togo" (Ed Blackwell) – 12:55

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sunnyside Records Album Entry, accessed January 8, 2018
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, Michael G.. Chris Potter's Underground – Follow the Red Line: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Kelman, J. All About Jazz Review, September 4, 2007
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Longley, M. All About Jazz Review, June 7, 2008
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1176. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Adler, D. R. JazzTimes Review, November 2007
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