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Tommy Potter

Tommy Potter

American jazz double bassist (1918–1988)

Charles Thomas Potter (September 21, 1918 – March 1, 1988)[1] was an American jazz double bass player, best known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis, between 1947 and 1950.

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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] Potter had first played with Parker in 1944, in Billy Eckstine's band with Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson and Art Blakey.[2]

Potter also performed and recorded with many other notable jazz musicians, including Earl Hines, Artie Shaw, Bud Powell, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Max Roach, Eddie Heywood, Tyree Glenn, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Buck Clayton and Charles Lloyd.[1]

Discography

Potter (left) with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, and Max Roach, c. August 1947
Photo: William P. Gottlieb

As sideman

With Gene Ammons

With Al Cohn

With Tommy Flanagan

With Jimmy Forrest

With Stan Getz

With Willis Jackson

With Jo Jones

With Cecil Payne

With Freddie Redd

  • Freddie Redd in Sweden (1956)

With Sonny Stitt

With Joe Williams

  • Together (Roulette, 1961) with Harry "Sweets" Edison

With Phil Woods

References

  1. [1]
    Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1982. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. [2]
    Paul Desmond Interviews Charlie Parker Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 28, 2013.
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