Chris Potter

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Post-bop saxophonist Chris Potter quietly became one of the more sophisticated and respected stylists of the '90s and early 2000s, both as a leader and as a sideman in several prominent groups. Born in Chicago on New Year's Day 1971, Potter grew up mostly in Columbia, SC, and started playing piano as a child. He took up the alto saxophone at age ten, initially inspired by Paul Desmond and Johnny ...more