Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Potter in 1947 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Charles Thomas Potter September 21, 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1988 (aged 69) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Double bass |
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.
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 Count Basie, Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Stan Getz, Tyree Glenn, Eddie Heywood, Earl Hines, Charles Lloyd, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and Artie Shaw.[1]
Discography
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Photo: William P. Gottlieb
- Tommy Potter's Hard Funk, (East-West, 1956)
As sideman
- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956) – with Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Art Taylor
With Stan Getz
- Stan Getz Quartets (Prestige, 1949–50 [1955])
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1950–54 [1997])
With Al Cohn
- Al Cohn's Tones (Savoy, 1950 [1956])
With Sonny Stitt
- Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1950 [1957])
- Stitt's Bits (Prestige, 1950 [1958])
- Stitt in Orbit (Roost, 1962)
With Gene Ammons
- All Star Sessions (Prestige, 1950–55 [1956])
With Artie Shaw
- Artie Shaw & His Gramercy 5 (Clef, 1954) - including Tal Farlow, Hank Jones, Irv Kluger, Joe Roland
- Artie Shaw – The Last Recordings Rare & Unreleased (1992 Re-issue)
With Cecil Payne
- Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
With Freddie Redd
- Freddie Redd in Sweden (1956)
With Phil Woods
- Four Altos (Prestige, 1957) – with Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein
With Willis Jackson
- Please Mr. Jackson (Prestige, 1959)
- Cool "Gator" (Prestige, 1959)
- Blue Gator (Prestige, 1959)
- Together Again! (Prestige, 1959 [1965]) – with Jack McDuff
- Together Again, Again (Prestige, 1959 [1966]) – with Jack McDuff
With Tommy Flanagan
- The Tommy Flanagan Trio (Moodsville, 1960)
With Jo Jones
- Vamp 'til Ready (Everest, 1960)
With Joe Williams
- Together (Roulette, 1961) with Harry "Sweets" Edison
With Jimmy Forrest
- Out of the Forrest (Prestige, 1961)
- Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest (Prestige, 1961)
- Most Much! (Prestige, 1961)
- Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
References
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1982. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Paul Desmond Interviews Charlie Parker Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 28, 2013.
External links
Media related to Tommy Potter at Wikimedia Commons