Tommy Potter

Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter with Charlie Parker, August 1947. Photo: William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Birth name	Charles Thomas Potter
Born	September 21, 1918(1918-09-21), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	March 1, 1988(1988-03-01) (aged 69)
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Double bass
Associated acts	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine

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

Charles Thomas Potter, born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1918, died March 1, 1988, was a jazz double bass player.

Potter is known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis, between 1947 and 1950; he had first played with Parker in 1944, in Billy Eckstine's band with Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson and Art Blakey.

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.

References

http://www.puredesmond.ca/pdbird.htm Charlie Parker interviewed by Paul Desmond