THE kraken of Norse legends and Scylla and Charybdis of ancient Greece were not just mythical beasts, writes Richard Collins. 

Since meeting legendary pianist and broadcaster Marian McPartland at 15 years of age American saxophonist Chris Potter has been on a musical journey.

AMID the grey blur of platitudes which provided an incongruous backdrop to this firecracker of a Champions League final, one sulphurous comment from Alex Ferguson stood out.