Steve Potts

In 1975, Steve Potts left Steve Lacy for a time to compose Musique pour le Film d’un Ami following the proposition from the film’s director Joaquín Lledó. With guest musicians of quality and from vairied horizons (Ambrose Jackson, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Frank Abel, Elie Ferré, Christian Escoudé…), the saxophonise recorded a soundtrack ranging from modal jazz to free funk and from dirty grooves, to java wah-wah with disconcerting elegance. Rather than blaxploitation, Potts and his group offer us their mixploitation made in Paris which would be recognised way beyond the boundaries of La Défense.

PERSONNEL:

• Steve Potts - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone.
• Joss Basselli – accordion.
• Elie Ferré - acoustic guitar, electric Guitar.
• Keno Speller – bongos.
• Gus Nemeth, Jean-Jacques Avenel - doublebass.
• Donny Donable, Kenny Tyler – drums.
• Christian Escoudé - electric guitar.
• Frank Abel – piano

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Marie-France
• A2. Tango
• A3. Antigone
• A4. Bhagavad-Gitá
• A5. Route 69

• SIDE B
• B1. Java
• B2. Mary-Jo
• B3. Poème
• B4. Street Blues
• B5. Rock (La Défense)
• B6. Java