Tommy Potter

Charles Thomas Potter (September 21, 1918 – March 1, 1988) 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, Potter 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.

Discography

 * Tommy Potter's Hard Funk, (East-West, 1956)

As sideman
With Gene Ammons With Al Cohn With Tommy Flanagan With Jimmy Forrest With Stan Getz With Willis Jackson With Jo Jones With Cecil Payne With Freddie Redd With Sonny Stitt With Joe Williams With Phil Woods
 * Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956) – with Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Art Taylor
 * All Star Sessions (Prestige, 1950–55 [1956])
 * Al Cohn's Tones (Savoy, 1950 [1956])
 * The Tommy Flanagan Trio (Moodsville, 1960)
 * Out of the Forrest (Prestige, 1961)
 * Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest (Prestige, 1961)
 * Most Much! (Prestige, 1961)
 * Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
 * Stan Getz Quartets (Prestige, 1949–50 [1955])
 * The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1950–54 [1997])
 * 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
 * Vamp 'til Ready (Everest, 1960)
 * Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
 * Freddie Redd in Sweden (1956)
 * Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1950 [1957])
 * Stitt's Bits (Prestige, 1950 [1958])
 * Stitt in Orbit (Roost, 1962)
 * Together (Roulette, 1961) with Harry "Sweets" Edison
 * Four Altos (Prestige, 1957) – with Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein