(1918-09-21)September 21, 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
March 1, 1988(1988-03-01) (aged 69)
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Double bass
Musical artist
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 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]
^ abcColin 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.
Tyree Glenn, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Buck Clayton and Charles Lloyd. TommyPotter's Hard Funk, (East-West, 1956) Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige...
quintet—including trumpeter Miles Davis, drummer Max Roach, bass player TommyPotter, and pianist Bud Powell—produced a series of masterpieces that reached...
performed in quintet with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, TommyPotter and Roy Haynes, and in trio with Potter and Haynes. In the second, Powell performed in trio...
included Max Roach. Together they performed live with Duke Jordan and TommyPotter for much of the year, including several studio sessions. In one session...
with Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons on tenor, Leo Parker on baritone, TommyPotter on bass, Art Blakey on drums, and Sarah Vaughan on vocals. Blowing the...
Parker with sidemen Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Bud Powell on piano, TommyPotter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. A March 1953 club date with Parker...
Potter Tom Potter (born 1940), mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States TommyPotter (1918–1988), jazz double bass player Thomas Joseph Potter (1828–1873)...
Tommy in Kipling's poem. In 1893, for the musical play A Gaiety Girl, Henry Hamilton (lyrics) and Samuel Potter (music) wrote the song Private Tommy Atkins...
Parker for the session were Miles Davis (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), TommyPotter (bass), and Max Roach (drums). "Donna Lee" was the first of four tunes...
Duke Jordan and drummers Roy Haynes and Max Roach, as well as bassist TommyPotter, all of whom had worked with Charlie Parker. Guitarists Jimmy Raney and...
his pianist on a May 1947 quintet recording session with Miles Davis, TommyPotter, and Max Roach; this was the only studio session intended for release...
Blakey; and the October 1954 session Monk and Rollins again with bassist TommyPotter and drummer Art Taylor. Of the three Monk originals, "Friday the 13th"...
Potter (entomologist) (1907–1989), English entomologist Charles Francis Potter (1885–1962), American Unitarian minister, theologian and author Tommy Potter...
Kenny Dorham – trumpet James Moody – tenor saxophone Al Haig – piano TommyPotter – bass Max Roach – drums Studio Technisonor, Paris, France The Kenny...
set] – live/rec. 1966 at The Berlin Jazztage Moonrise with Al Haig, TommyPotter, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Raney, Teddy Kotick and Tiny Kahn (Chameleon Archive...
Hirayama and Hans Florine. Potter's record was later surpassed by Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds followed by Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, who completed...
tracks 1 & 2 Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano TommyPotter – double bass Art Blakey – drums Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia...
actor. Luis Márquez, 62, Puerto Rican Major League baseballer, murdered. TommyPotter, 69, American jazz double bassist. Jean Le Poulain, 63, French stage...
TommyPotter - bass (on tracks A4 & B4) Carlos Vidal - bongo (on track B4) Max Roach - drums (tracks A4 & B4) Al Haig - piano (tracks A4 & B4) Tommy Turk...
Harris, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Chris Potter and Joshua Redman, clarinetist Ken Peplowski and bassist Christian McBride...
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