''Eagle's Point'' is an album by Chris Potter. It was recorded in 2022 and released in 2024 by
Edition Records
Edition Records is an independent record label that was founded in 2008 by pianist Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson.Brad Mehldau
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Mehldau studied music at The New School, touring and recording while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's quar ...
, bassist
John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...
, and drummer
Brian Blade
Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician.
Early life
Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his ...
had known each since the 1990s but had never recorded together before this album, which was laid down at The Bunker Studio in 2022.
Potter wrote all of the eight tracks and was also the album producer. He plays tenor saxophone throughout, except for bass clarinet for the first half of "Indigo Ildikó" and soprano saxophone on "Aria for Anna".
Release and reception
''Eagle's Point'' was released by
Edition Records
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Financial Times
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'' reviewer described it as "an album of beautifully poised modern jazz, laden with the strength of character and rhythmic interplay to balance Potter's advanced technique." Referencing the reputation of the band members, ''
Jazz Journal
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'' concluded that "'Supergroup' may be an overworked expression, but it would be difficult to deny this is super playing" and ''
Jazzwise
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'' wrote "For this most unassuming of supergroups, it's never about anything else other than the music."
* Chris Potter – tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet
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Brad Mehldau
Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Mehldau studied music at The New School, touring and recording while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's quar ...
– piano
*
John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...
– bass
*
Brian Blade
Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician.
Early life
Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his ...