Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard

Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard is a 2023 live album by saxophonist Chris Potter, his fourth released on Edition Records, recorded live at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Chris Potter is accompanied by Craig Taborn on piano, Scott Colley on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums. The album features all cover songs which, in Potter's words, "are tunes people don’t usually play".^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllAboutJazz	^[2]

Chris May from All About Jazz gives it a favorable review, with 4 out of 5 stars and mentions that "Potter deserves an honorary set of keys to the Vanguard on the strength of it".^[2]

Jeff Cebulski from the website Chicago Jazz suggests that Chris Potter should be considered among the best living saxophonists, pointing out that the album "demonstrates the remarkable depth and breadth of his talent" and "adds to the great recordings from one of Jazz’s holy places".^[3]

Bill Milkowski from The Absolute Sound calls Potter "the most potent and impactful tenor saxophonist of his generation", giving the album a five star review.^[4]

Jon Turney from London Jazz News calls the record outstanding and an "impressive display of twenty-first century jazz playing in full flow".^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Gotta Move"	Mississippi Fred McDowell	14:01
2.	"Nozani Na"	Amazonian folk tune Edgar Roquette-Pinto and Heitor Villa-Lobos (transcr.)	10:53
3.	"Blood Count"	Billy Strayhorn	9:01
4.	"Klactoveedsedstene"	Charlie Parker	7:26
5.	"Olha Maria"	Antonio Carlos Jobim Chico Buarque Vinicius De Moraes	6:22
6.	"Got the Keys to the Kingdom"	traditional/spiritual	13:36

Personnel

Musicians

Chris Potter – tenor saxophone
Craig Taborn – piano
Scott Colley – bass
Marcus Gilmore – drums

Technical personnel

Dave Stapleton, Louise Holland – executive producer
Tyler McDiarmid, Geoff Countryman – recording
Christopher Allen – mixing
Nate Wood – mastering
Oli Bentley – artwork

References

v t e Chris Potter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Presenting Chris Potter (1992) Concentric Circles (1993) Sundiata (1993) Pure (1994) Moving In (1996) Unspoken (1997) Vertigo (1998) Gratitude (2000) Traveling Mercies (2002) Underground (2006) Song for Anyone (2006) Ultrahang (2009) Transatlantic (with the DR Big Band, 2010) The Sirens (2011) Imaginary Cities (2013) The Dreamer Is the Dream (2016) Circuits (2017) Sunrise Reprise (2020)
Live albums	Concord Duo Series Volume Ten (with Kenny Werner, 1994) This Will Be (2000) Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard (2002) Follow the Red Line (2007) Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (2022)

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