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AGENDA    NEW ALBUM "We need to talk" - 15 nov. 2025 !!! - Concert de sortie à La Buisse

                   

(does not include private venues - n'inclut pas les concerts privés)

• Vendredi 7 février ) - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Gard au fil du jazz
• Dimanche 16 mars - Malcolm Potter 7tet - Jazz Club de Grenoble 17h
• Vendredi 21 mars - Malcolm Potter 7tet - Festival Les Nuits du Loup - La Pyramide, Place Fleury Lancelin – 69280 Marcy l’étoile
• Vendredi 18 avril - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Jazz club Moulinois
• Vendredi 9 mai - Sgt. Potter's Magical Mystery Band - Le Belvédère, St Martin d'Uriage (38)
• Samedi 31 mai - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Festival Bugey en musique, St Martin de Bavel (01)
• Samedi 21 juin - Malcolm Potter Music Tank - Corrençon en Vercors
• Dimanche 13 juillet - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Masseube Astarac (Gers)
• Samedi 19 juillet - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Les Nuits du Château, Peyrolles en Provence
• Jeudi 24 juillet - Malcolm Potter 7tet - Sanary sous les étoiles
• Vendredi 25 juillet - Zelia trio - Festival Parfum de Jazz - Donzère
• Dimanche 3 août - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Super Collet d'Allevard
• Jeudi 7 août - Malcolm Potter 4tet - CinéJazz à La Tour, Sommières (30)
• Vendredi 8 août - Malcolm Potter Music Tank - Le Sougey
• Dimanche 17 août - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Musiques en Vercors (au Golf de Corrençon)
• Jeudi 21 août - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Les jeudis du Kiosque, Bourg en Bresse
• 25 - 26 - 27 août - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Enregistrement nouvel album "We need to talk" - Mountain View Studio
• Jeudi 28 août - Malcolm Potter Music Tank - Corrençon en Vercors
• Samedi 13 septembre - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Festival Les 26 Couleurs, St Fargeau-Ponthierry (77)
• Vendredi 3 octobre - Malcolm Potter 4tet (alt version) - Festival De Jazz De Grenoble Alpes Metropole (thème: année du Brésil)
• Samedi 11 octobre - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Jazz autour du Lion, Belfort
• Vendredi 17 octobre - Christian Roy 4tet (avec Alfio Origlio & Salvatore Origlio) - Jazz Club de Savoie, Chambéry
• Ven 24 octobre - Malcolm Potter 7tet - Jazz à l'heure d'été - Angers
• Vendredi 7 novembre - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Jazz aux Carrés, Annecy
• Samedi 15 novembre - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Salle Polyvalente, La Buisse - SORTIE du nouvel album "We need to talk"
• Vendredi 28 novembre - Malcolm Potter 8tet - Jazz à Barraux
• 2026
• Samedi 14 février - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Centre culturel d'Ormesson sur Marne
• Jeudi 19 mars - Christian Roy 4tet (avec Alfio Origlio & Salvatore Origlio) - Jazz Club de Grenoble
• Jeudi 9 avril - Malcolm Potter 7tet - Jazz Club de Grenoble
• Jeudi 16 avril - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Orange
• Vendredi 17 avril - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Nîmes
• Samedi 18 avril - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Carpentras
• Dimanche 19 avril - Malcolm Potter 4tet - "Le Palace", Cuisery
• Dimanche 24 mai - Malcolm Potter 4tet - Théâtre de Néris-Les-Bains

Programmation en cours...

Through the years Malcolm Potter has played many venues in France and around the world, here are a few:

Au fil des ans Malcolm Potter a parcouru de nombreuses scènes en France et à l'étranger, quelques références :

• Festival Jazz à toute heure (Chevreuse78)
• CinéJazz à la Tour (Sommières)
• Jazz sur la route de Vienne
• Jazz Antigua (Carribean)
• Philharmonie de Luxembourg (ONJ Luxembourg) 
• Festiv'été - Nyons
• Festival Uriage en voix
• Sanary sous les étoiles
• Jazz au Valjoly (Maubeuge)
• Avigliana - Festival de jazz de Turin (Italie)
• Festival Grésiblues (2005, 2008, 2010, 2017)
• Festival de Megève 
• Jazz autour du Lion - Belfort
• Festival d'Antibes – Juan les Pins
• Festival Jazz à l'ouest (Rennes) 
• Festival de Jazz de Grenoble
• Jazz à la Tour (Les Herbiers)
• Jazz à Vif (38)
• Festival Aixoises de jazz (2006 & 2007)
• Révélations jazz d'Antibes-Juan Les Pins (2006)
• Alpenrose (Gstaad-Suisse) (2005=>2013)
• Festival de L'enclos (Pertuis) 
• Festival Blues and Jazz in Vaison (Vaison la Romaine)  
• Nuit du jazz de Chaponost
• Bugey en musique
• Les nuits du Loup (Marcy l'étoile)
• Gard au fil du jazz
• Jazz in Marciac
• Festival Jazz en Tech (Le Boulou)
• Festival de jazz de Munster
• Festival de Meslay du Maine (le Mans)
• Festival de Villes sur Auzon 
• Festival des Arcs 1950 
• Les Acousticimes (Valmorel)
• Festival Summer Swing (Villard de Lans)
• Auditorium de l'Opéra de Lyon 
• L'étincelle de Communay
• Les Estivales de Vizille
• Festival de Canaules
• Musiques en Vercors
• Les jeudis du kiosque (Bourg en Bresse)
• Auditorium du musée Gallo Romain de Saint Romain en Gal (Vienne)
• Festival de La Voulte sur Rhône (Orcavou)
• Festival de Jazz de Gap
• Jazz à Ceillac
• Jazz au Ranquet
• Festival Musique au balcon
• Nuit du jazz de Neuville sur Saone
• Nuit du Jazz de Grenoble
• Festival Parfum de Jazz
• Crest Jazz Vocal
• La Scène (Sens)
• Festival Jazz'n'Cheese
• Festival de Laroquebrou 
• Jazz sous les étoiles 
• Jazz au Laussy 
• Groupama Stadium (Decines)
• Studio Gabriel - Paris
• L'Oriel (Varces 38)
• Festival de Quillan
• Le Péristyle (Opéra de Lyon)
• Jazz en Velay
• Jazz au Ranquet
• Jazz à Vienne
• Voiron fait son festival
• Prisme de Seyssins
• Festival de jazz de St Saturnin (Angoulême)
• Le Belvédère (38)
• La Faïencerie (38)
• Festival de Lunel
• Festival de Puy St Martin
• Les Impériales d'Annecy
• Festival de jazz de Fréjus
• Festival de Chamrousse 
• Grenoble Swing Dance Festival
• ...

alphabetical order - (All lyrics written by Malcolm Potter)

 

 

A song on the way

Une mélodie écrite sur la route, inspirée par les paysages. Bienheureux de pouvoir traduire cette beauté par de riches accords afin de partager ces émotions.

Let’s try to write a song on the way,
A song you’ll remember every day, Beautiful countryside makes my day, Nothing like what’s in the news today!

While I’m on the road I try to see
Things that inspire me or heal me,
In your life, in your heart don’t you see? The need to escape strikes you just like me!

And I know, yes I know that I’m lucky to feel,
All the beauty of soulful chords,
And I know, yes I know that I’m lucky to feel,
Let me share pretty feelings with you, with you...

 

 

Don’t you dare

N'essaie même pas de me dire comment me comporter, si ça t'était arrivé tu serais tombé amoureux aussi.

You gotta know she started, she got around me
I noticed it right then our love was real, so real
That it would last, and there it is

Now let's talk about her: she's sweet and I love her
She's full of life the whole day through, excited
that's what I like
When I kiss her she makes me feel right

Now don't you dare tell me what to do
If only it happened to you
You'd be as much in love as I am
You'd better be careful 'bout what you're saying
Don't you dare tell me what to do
If only it happened to you
You're jealous, you’re jealous!

 

If you weren't there

Si vous n'étiez pas là, vous le public, la chaleur que nous tentons de dégager se demanderait où aller et notre musique n'aurait pas de sens... Je trouve du réconfort car je sais que ce soir vos sourires rayonneront.

If you weren’t there,
The room would feel empty, too much air, Heat wondering where to go,

If you weren’t there,
Music would feel like despair, Audience is the meaning of it all.

If ever I feel down,
I know tonight your smiles will shine.
A tiny little thanks to me and a whole lotta thanks to thee, The band and I we sincerely thank you.

 

It rains

Parfois dans la vie tu te trompes de chemin, tu pars de travers. Tu regardes par la fenêtre, et comme dans ta vie, l'ambiance est morne, il pleut.

There are times in life, you’ve been the wrong way,
You’ve taken the wrong path, and you’ve gone astray,
You look through the window, the mood is sad, it rains, it rains, it rains...

For sure you’ve had love, as much as you deserve,
But now there are clouds above, and you ain’t got the nerve,
You look through the window, the mood is sad, it rains, it rains, it rains...

Everything in your life seemed to be well planned and nice,
But now the Autumn arrives and you should have known that after the sun... it rains.

There are times in life, you’ve been the wrong way.

 

 

Meaningless odyssey (I’ll miss you)

Métaphore de la vie, avec son lot de revers sinistres elle est une véritable odyssée dénuée de sens. Tu vas me manquer...

Still looking for answers, I wonder for hours,
You say life is not ours, whatever the meaning of your passing away,
Still looking for colors, I wander for hours,
Just look at the flowers, whatever their lifetime, make the most of their stay.

Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity.

Still in my wee hours, my fear just empowers,
In such after hours, whatever the meaning I don’t seize the day,
Still hoping for answers, you wonder for hours,
My crippled mind sours, listen to me please don’t kick the bucket today.

Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity. Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity.

I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you.

Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity. Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity. Meaningless odyssey, Useless oddity.

 

 

No scalp today

Un Amérindien parle, fort de son rapport à la nature: "Je suis la terre, le vent, le feu, Il n'y aura pas de scalp aujourd'hui, je suis sage et résigné, plus fort que vous et bien au-dessus de ces bassesses. Désormais vous aurez peut-être notre terre mais vous n'aurez plus jamais notre force d'âme."

No scalp today, no scalp today

I am the wind, I am the earth
I am the river and I am the fire
Wisdom against invasion,
You steal our land but you won’t steal our souls anymore.

No scalp today, despite our sins
I am resigned, stronger than you
I am the river and I am the fire
Wisdom against invasion,
You steal our land but you won’t steal our souls anymore.

 

Through my daughter’s eyes

J'ai besoin de voir le monde, la nature et la vie au travers des yeux de ma fille, vous devriez essayer.

I need to see the world in a brighter way,
I need to see the world through my daughter’s eyes,
It’s so much prettier day after day,
You should try seeing the world through my daughter’s eyes.

I’d so much love to see the world through my daughter’s eyes,
A bird or a butterfly is even prettier through my daughter’s eyes,
And all you might ever need is a cuddle through my daughter’s eyes.

No war can ever reach her, ‘cause I’m right here beside her,
Let her youth last forever, ‘cause I need to see the world through my daughter’s eyes.

When she sees a beetle it becomes magic through my daughter’s eyes,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes, with diamonds in the sky, through my daughter’s eyes Sure I selfishly want to see forever more through my daughter’s eyes.

No war will ever reach her, ‘till I’m right here beside her,
Let her youth last forever, ‘cause I need to see the world through my daughter’s eyes.

Through my daughter’s eyes, through my daughter’s eyes...

No war can ever reach her, ‘cause I’m right here beside her,
Let her youth last forever, ‘cause I need to see the world through my daughter’s eyes. No war can ever reach her, ‘cause I’m right here beside her,
Let her youth last forever, ‘cause I need to see the world through my daughter’s eyes.

Through my daughter’s eyes, through my daughter’s eyes...

I need to see the world in a brighter way,
You should try seeing the world through my daughter’s eyes.

 

 

Try to be good

Hommage à Robin Williams qui dit "N'oubliez-pas quand vous rencontrez quelqu'un que cette personne a un combat secret dont vous ignorez tout, alors soyez gentils et bienveillants".

You told me you were my friend, well it seems to have come to an end, Robin was right when he said: « Be kind, always, be kind,
Because everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about ». Yes, everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about!

Try to be good, to be good to me,
And I’ll try to be good, good to you,
Try to be good, to be good to everyone, And everyone will be relieved!

Although they try to pretend, there’s no need to hate or offend,
Williams was right, let us say: « O captain my captain » love ahead! Because everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about ». Yes, everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about!

Try to be good, to be good to me,
And I’ll try to be good, good to you,
Try to be good, to be good to everyone, And don’t worry be happy!

You know what your friend Bobby said: "Don't worry, be happy"
So here's my advice and my plea: I'll worry 'bout you, you'bout me!

Try to be good, to be good to me,
And I’ll try to be good, good to you,
Try to be good, to be good to everyone will

Try to be good, to be good to me,
Then I’ll try to be good, good to you,
Try to be good, to be good to everyone, And everyone, yes everyone, everyone will be relieved!

Us along the years

Malgré les embûches, après tout ce qu'on a enduré et que la vie nous a infligé, nous voilà encore et toujours, main dans la main, cheveux grisonnants, dans un parc sur un banc, c'est ça nous deux, au fil des ans...

Seems so long, seems so long, seems so long since I was here with you, Whispering « love you too »,
That’s what happened to us along the years.

I could see, I could see, I could see our gray hair in my dream, The same recycled theme,
Love’s what happens to us along the years.

Life is no treat, beats you down there’s no danger screen, Growin’ up with you made it all so clear and serene,
After the pain through which you and I have been,
Still, hand in hand, that’s the two of us along the years.

Life is no treat, knocks you down more often than not,
I’m here with you, when luck has gone then what have we got? Most every day brought its load of tough backhand shots,
Still, hand in hand, that’s the two of us along the years.

Can you see, can you see, can you see it all the way I do? I hope you want it too,
My reverie displays us along the years.

Sittin’ on a bench in a park with gray hair, hand in hand, that’s the two...

Of us along the years.

 

 

We can dance (Bliss is built-in)

On peut danser tout au long de la nuit. De la même manière je sais qu'on peut danser tout au long de nos vies. Alors revêtez votre peau animale, lâchez-vous, la joie est montée d'origine!

On my way down, down to the street to the club last night,
I thought of something, something smart in me that could catch your attention, My hidden dream is so supreme (yeah ‘cause)!

I know we can dance dance through the night,
The same way I bet we can dance dance through our lives.

When I feel down I remember that cool day when we first met,
Even when I drown I know there’s something deep in me I can’t forget, That stage, full beam, that rage, full stream!

I know we can sing sing through the night,
The same way I bet we can sing sing through our lives.

It took me so long to become tough and strong, let’s all get together, have a ball, Feel free to join in, put on a brand new skin, your animal skin, bliss is built-in! Ouh!

If you’re around, come and join us happiness is what you need, Groove and good sound, twistin’ and spinnin’ good vibes, yes indeed, Love’s in the air, it’s in everyone of us, it’s not rare!

I know we can dance dance through the night,
The same way I bet we can dance dance through our lives.

It took me so long to become tough and strong, let’s all get together, have a ball,
Feel free to join in, put on a brand new skin, your neat human skin, bliss is built-in! Ouh!

I know we can dance dance through the night,
The same way I bet we can dance dance through our lives.