Jazz Artist Of The Year
March, 2008
Although this past year was notable for a series of extraordinary jazz reissues, the best jazz embraces the future. That's what saxophonist Chris Potter does: Even while he quotes the past, 2008's Playboy Jazz Artist of the Year keeps his eye on the road ahead. "When I was starting out in jazz," Potter says, "I was attracted to the necessity of understanding the rules of the music, combined with the equal necessity of transcending those rules." As demonstrated on two great C...
