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Tommy Potter (21 Sep 1918 - 01 Mar 1988)

Male Person - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Tommy Potter's Hard Funk 1958

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Charlie Parker Quintet original
  2. Bud Powell's Modernists
  3. Miles Davis and His Band
  4. Don Lanphere Quintet
  5. Charlie Parker Sextet
  6. Bennie Green and His Orchestra
  7. The Red Norvo Trio
  8. Fats Navarro Quintet

Recordings by (11)

  1. The Imp 6:02 (1958)
  2. Keester Parade 6:01 (1958)
  3. Russ and Arlene 4:36 (1958)
  4. Punsch 5:34 (1958)
  5. T.N.T. 6:36 (1958)
  6. Reets and I 6:26 (1958)
  7. Spontaneous 5:37 (2007)
  8. Tunnelbanen 5:41 (2007)
  9. Star Eyes 5:51 (2007)
  10. What Is This Thing Called Love? 6:39 (2007)
  11. Guessin' 6:01 (2007)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. My Deep Blue Dream 3:00 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1946) double bass
  2. Chasin’ the Bird 2:46 Charlie Parker All Stars (1947) double bass
  3. Dewey Square 3:11 Charlie Parker Quintet (1947) double bass
  4. Scrapple From the Apple 2:58 Charlie Parker Quintet (1948) double bass
  5. Cheryl 5:02 Charlie Parker Quintet (24 Dec 1949) double bass
  6. Ornithology 5:26 Charlie Parker Quintet (24 Dec 1949) double bass
  7. Ko Ko 5:10 Charlie Parker Quintet (24 Dec 1949) double bass
  8. Bird of Paradise 6:08 Charlie Parker Quintet (24 Dec 1949) double bass
  9. Now’s the Time 5:17 Charlie Parker Quintet (24 Dec 1949) double bass
  10. Dexterity 3:01 Charlie Parker Quintet (1949) double bass
  11. Drifting on a Reed ?:?? Charlie Parker Quintet (1949) double bass
  12. Gone With the Wind ?:?? Stan Getz Quartet (1950) bass
  13. Bird Feathers 2:52 Charlie Parker Quintet (1950) double bass
  14. Yesterdays ?:?? Stan Getz Quartet (1950) bass
  15. Sweetie Pie ?:?? Stan Getz Quartet (1950) bass
  16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2:55 Harry Belafonte (1950) double bass
  17. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 2:50 Harry Belafonte (1950) double bass
  18. It’s Only a Paper Moon 5:25 Miles Davis (05 Oct 1951) double bass
  19. Conception 4:02 Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz (05 Oct 1951) double bass
  20. My Old Flame 6:35 Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Lee Konitz (05 Oct 1951) double bass
  21. Dig 7:35 Miles Davis (05 Oct 1951) double bass
  22. Go 3:29 Fats Navarro (1951) bass
  23. Wail 3:06 Bud Powell's Modernists (1951) double bass
  24. Stop 4:03 Fats Navarro (1951) bass
  25. Ornithology 2:23 Bud Powell (1951) double bass
  26. Superman ?:?? Miles Davis (1951) double bass
  27. Wailing Wall 3:56 Fats Navarro (1951) bass
  28. You Go to My Head 3:15 Bud Powell (1951) double bass
  29. Bouncing With Bud 3:04 Bud Powell (1951) double bass
  30. 52nd Street Theme 2:49 Fats Navarro (1951) double bass
  31. Maxology 5:39 Kenny Dorham (1951) double bass
  32. Prince Albert 5:49 Max Roach (1952) bass, double bass
  33. Tomorrow 6:03 Max Roach (1952) double bass
  34. Maximum 3:28 Max Roach (1952) bass, double bass
  35. Passport 3:00 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie (1952) double bass
  36. Visa 2:58 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie (1952) double bass
  37. Bluing 9:56 Miles Davis (1953) double bass
  38. Out of the Blue 6:16 Miles Davis (1953) double bass
  39. Another Hair Do - Original Take 3 2:37 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  40. Buzzy - Short Take 4 0:20 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  41. Ornithology (alternate master) 3:07 Bud Powell (1955) double bass
  42. Bluebird - New Take 1 2:52 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  43. 52nd Street Theme 2:50 Bud Powell (1955) double bass
  44. Another Hair Do - Short Take 2 0:37 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  45. Bird Gets the Worm - New Take 1 3:00 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  46. Another Hair Do - Short Take 1 0:15 Charlie Parker (1955) double bass
  47. Infinity 2:56 Al Cohn (1956) bass
  48. Groovin’ With Gus 2:34 Al Cohn (1956) bass
  49. Let’s Get Away From It All 3:08 Al Cohn (1956) bass, double bass
  50. I Want to Be Happy 7:45 Sonny Rollins feat. Thelonious Monk (1956) bass, double bass

Credited as (7)

  1. Tommy Potter
  2. Sonny Criss, Bobby Tucker & Tommy Potter
  3. Sonny Criss, Tommy Potter & Kenny Clarke
  4. Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach
  5. Charlie Parker, Red Rodney, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes
  6. Charlie Parker, Al Haig, Roy Haynes, Red Rodney And Tommy Potter
  7. Phil Woods, Jimmy Rushing, Zot Sims, Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Dave Frishberg, Major Holley, Mel Lewis, Tommy Potter, Mousey Alexander

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82003125
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82003125
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898624d
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fn2p47
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/338247
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134487702

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Potter

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/251780

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000521303

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27252849

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369941