Imaginary Cities (album)

Imaginary Cities
Studio album by Chris Potter Underground Orchestra
Released January 16, 2015
Recorded December 2013
Studio Avatar Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 71:09
Label ECM
ECM 2387
Producer Manfred Eicher
Chris Potter chronology
The Sirens
(2013)The Sirens2013		 Imaginary Cities
(2015)		 The Dreamer Is the Dream
(2017)The Dreamer Is the Dream2017

Imaginary Cities is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Potter released on the ECM label in 2015.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[3]
All About Jazz[4]
Allmusic[5]
Blurt[6]
The Guardian[7]
Irish Times[8]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4​1⁄2 stars stating "Potter's writing on Imaginary Cities engages every aspect of his jazz palette. It embraces modern classical music as part of a striking whole. It is his most ambitious project to date, and arguably his most expertly articulated".[5]

The Guardian 's John Fordham noted "this feels like a work in progress with a fascinating future".[7]

All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman observed "with Imaginary Cities Potter has created the first real masterpiece of 2015. A profound paradigm shift for the saxophonist, Imaginary Cities suggests that the end point of Potter's potential seems still very far beyond the horizon".[3] Another review by Karl Ackermann stated "Imaginary Cities is an expansive album expressing divergent motifs linked together through a central theme. The septet is taut and adventurous; the strings impassioned and thoughtful and Potter's playing is his best to date. Though he emerged as a leader two decades back seemingly fully-formed in every creative aspect, he continues to evolve and surprise. Imaginary Cities is a superb album on every level".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Chris Potter

  1. "Lament" − 8:07
  2. "Imaginary Cities 1: Compassion" − 8:34
  3. "Imaginary Cities 2: Dualities" − 8:44
  4. "Imaginary Cities 3: Disintegration" − 7:23
  5. "Imaginary Cities 4: Rebuilding" − 11:33
  6. "Firefly" − 8:37
  7. "Shadow Self" − 6:09
  8. "Sky" − 12:02

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM Reviews, accessed January 8, 2018
  2. ↑ ECM Records catalog, accessed January 8, 2018
  3. 1 2 Kelman, J. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/chris-potter-underground-orchestra-imaginary-cities-by-john-kelman.php All About Jazz Review], January 6, 2015
  4. 1 2 Ackermann, K. All About Jazz Review 2, January 8, 2015
  5. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Chris Potter – Imaginary Cities: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Toland, Michael (13 January 2015). "CHRIS POTTER UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA – Imaginary Cities". Blurt. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, January 23, 2015
  8. ↑ Larkon, Cormac (6 February 2015). "Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities - Album Review". Irish Times. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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