Tommy Potter
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Tommy Potter, (born Charles Thomas Potter) Philadelphia, PA on September 21 1918 - died March 1st 1988, was a jazz double bass player.
He is especially well-known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis, from 1947 to 1950. He had first played with Parker in 1944, in Billy Eckstine's band with Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson and Art Blakey. [1]
Potter also performed and recorded with many other jazz greats, 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.
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http://www.puredesmond.ca/pdbird.htm Charlie Parker interviewed by Paul Desmond
