Tommy Potter

Charles Thomas Potter 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,
As sideman
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins – with Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Art Taylor

With Gene Ammons

All Star Sessions

With Al Cohn

Al Cohn's Tones

With Tommy Flanagan

The Tommy Flanagan Trio

With Jimmy Forrest

Out of the Forrest
Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
Most Much!
Soul Street

With Stan Getz

Stan Getz Quartets
The Complete Roost Recordings

With Willis Jackson

Please Mr. Jackson
Cool "Gator"
Blue Gator
Together Again! – with Jack McDuff
Together Again, Again – with Jack McDuff

With Jo Jones

Vamp 'til Ready

With Cecil Payne

Patterns of Jazz

With Freddie Redd

Freddie Redd in Sweden

With Sonny Stitt

Kaleidoscope
Stitt's Bits
Stitt in Orbit

With Joe Williams

Together with Harry "Sweets" Edison

With Phil Woods

Four Altos – with Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein