For Alive With Ghosts Today, Chris Potter wanted to work with a slightly larger group of musicians that would give him the freedom to write in a different way. The result is an unusual combination of instruments, imagined almost as a “village band” from the American Midwest: a group working with what they have rather than trying to recreate a traditional ensemble.
In this episode, Potter talks about how he arrived at this particular combination and how the sounds of instruments like guitar and violin helped give the music what he describes as a distinctly American feel.
