℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | January 16, 2015 |
| Duration | 1h 11m 11s |
| Genre | Jazz |
Imaginary Cities
Chris Potter, Underground Orchestra
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Lament
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
8:06 | |||
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1.2
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Imaginary Cities (Pt. 1, Compassion)
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
8:35 | |||
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1.3
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Imaginary Cities (Pt. 2, Dualities)
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
8:45 | |||
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1.4
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Imaginary Cities (Pt. 3, Disintegration)
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
7:23 | |||
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1.5
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Imaginary Cities (Pt. 4, Rebuilding)
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
11:33 | |||
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1.6
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Firefly
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
8:37 | |||
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1.7
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Shadow Self
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
6:10 | |||
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1.8
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Sky
Chris Potter; Underground Orchestra |
12:02 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... a breakthrough for Potter as composer, arranger and conceptualist."
- JazzTimes.com
"Five Stars ... Potter continues to push the envelope ... a career high point ... the first real masterpiece of 2015."
- All About Jazz
"His sound is flexible and expressive, hard, bright and capable of great nuance. Well past any traditional concept of the big band, Potter’s pieces for orchestra create a complex web of materials that feed his partners’ spontaneous impulses as well as his own. His regular band members all stand out, as do vibraphonist Steve Nelson and violinist Mark Feldman."
- The WholeNote
Imaginary Cities, an album of great power and expressive range, is the recording premiere from saxophonist Chris Potter’s Underground Orchestra. At the core of this larger ensemble is the personnel of his long-established Underground quartet, now augmented by two bassists, a string quartet and Potter’s old comrade, vibes and marimba player Steve Nelson. The title composition is a suite, panoramic in its reach; the scope of the work and its contrasting moods and thematic development inspire some of Potter’s finest playing.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Studio Masters
Recorded December 2013 Avatar Studios, New York Engineer: James A. Farber Assistant: Tim Marchiafava Mixed October 2014 by Manfred Eicher, Chris Potter and James A. Farber Cover photo: Morten Delbæk Liner photos: Bart Babinski Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
Recorded December 2013 Avatar Studios, New York Engineer: James A. Farber Assistant: Tim Marchiafava Mixed October 2014 by Manfred Eicher, Chris Potter and James A. Farber Cover photo: Morten Delbæk Liner photos: Bart Babinski Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.19 -0.87 to 0.00 | -20.71 -22.05 to -18.46 | -17.33 -18.50 to -15.70 | 14 13 to 15 | |
| 1 | Lament | -0.15 | -22.05 | -18.5 | 14 |
| 2 | Imaginary Cities (Pt. 1, Compassion) | -0.06 | -20.70 | -17.4 | 14 |
| 3 | Imaginary Cities (Pt. 2, Dualities) | -0.87 | -20.81 | -17.8 | 13 |
| 4 | Imaginary Cities (Pt. 3, Disintegration) | -0.16 | -21.23 | -17.2 | 14 |
| 5 | Imaginary Cities (Pt. 4, Rebuilding) | 0.00 | -18.46 | -15.7 | 13 |
| 6 | Firefly | 0.00 | -19.31 | -16.4 | 14 |
| 7 | Shadow Self | -0.33 | -22.05 | -17.9 | 13 |
| 8 | Sky | 0.00 | -21.03 | -17.7 | 15 |