For his third ECM release as a leader, Chris Potter presents a new acoustic quartet that naturally blends melodic rhapsody with rhythmic muscle. The group includes superlative musicians well known to followers of ECMs many recordings from New York over the past decade: keyboardist David Virelles, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore, who each shine in addition to the leader on multiple horns. "The Dreamer Is the Dream" features Potter on tenor saxophone the instrument that has made him one of the most admired players of his generation in the striking opener Heart in Hand and such album highlights as Yasodhara, as well as on soprano sax (Memory and Desire) and bass clarinet (the title track). Potter is an artist who employs his considerable technique in service of music rather than spectacle, says The New Yorker, and his composing develops in texture and atmosphere with every album. (bron: ECM/Challenge)
"One of Joel Frahms major strengths is his ability to adapt his saxophone playing to a number of seemingly incongruous settings with grace and ease. And while the tenor saxophonists chameleonic tendencies on this live set are largely kept in check, theres enough shifting in tone and approach to make one wonder whether all of the saxophone parts are by the same guy. They are, of course, and despite the stylistic zigzagging, theres a consistency to the level of performance quality throughout the program, which teams Frahm with the ever more impressive Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Otis Brown III. The quartet navigates the multiple moods like the pros they are, transforming the musics potentially off-putting eclecticism into a positive where others would have let it weigh the set down." (Jeff Tamarkin, Jazztimes)
"Mark Turner is misschien wel de meest invloedrijke saxofonist van de afgelopen decennia. In het spel van Turner ligt het accent niet op toonvorming of vingervlugge techniek, maar op een zorgvuldige notenkeuze binnen een muzikaal verhaal vol onverwachte sprongen en wendingen. DIt nieuwe album is min of meer een vervolg op het uit 2014 daterende ‘Lathe of Heaven’. Dit keer horen we Jason Palmer in plaats van Avishai Cohen op trompet en zit Jonathan Pinson achter het drumstel en niet Macus Gilmore. Het kwartet opereert zonder piano of gitaar en dat geeft de musici veel vrijheid. De titel verwijst naar de gelijknamige dystopische sciencefiction roman van Stanislaw Lem. De muziek klinkt door de afwezigheid van akkoordeninstrumenten bijzonder open. Trompettist Palmer volgt moeiteloos de complexe lijnen van de leider en speelt uitdagender dan Cohen op het vorige album. Rots in de branding is contrabassist Joe Martin, die met zijn subtiele timing de touwtjes bij elkaar houdt." (Jazzenzo)
"Jon Gordon has emerged into one of the most promising saxophonists of his generation, a solid player in the mold of Phil Woods, with whom he studied in his teens. After winning the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, he taped this session (his third for Criss Cross) with pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Billy Drummond. He captures the fire within Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge" and the playfulness of Monk's "Friday the 13th," while a pianoless version of "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" simmers to perfection. He switches to soprano sax for his eerie "Vale," joined by the young tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. Gordon's formidable talent makes it seem odd that the major labels haven't already signed him." (Allmusic)
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