Tommy Potter

double bass, bass

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charlie Parker (aka "Bird", jazz alto saxophonist)
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
Stan Getz
Bud Powell
Cecil Payne

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charlie Parker double bass 'Round Midnight, 52nd Street Theme, A Night in Tunisia, Another Hair Do, Anthropology, April in Paris, April in Paris (take 2), Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers), Big Foot, Bird Feathers, Bird Get the Worm, Bird of Paradise, Bluebird, Bongo Beep, Bongo Bop, Buzzy, Cardboard, Charlie's Wig, Chasin' the Bird, Cheryl, Cool Blues, Crazeology, Dewey Square, Dexterity, Diverse (Segment), Don't Blame Me, Donna Lee, Drifting on a Reed (Big Foot), Easy to Love (take 2), Embraceable You [take A], Embraceable You [take B], Groovin' High, Half Nelson, Hot House, How Deep Is the Ocean?, How High the Moon, Jumpin' With Symphony Sid / Be Bop, Klactoveedsedstene, Klaunstance, Ko-Ko, Little Willie Leaps, My Old Flame, Oop Bop Sh'Bam, Ornithology, Out of Nowhere, Passport [version 1], Passport [version 2], Quasimado, Repetition (take 2), Rocker, Salt Peanuts, Scrapple From the Apple, Segment, Slow Boat to China, The Hymn, Visa, What Is This Thing Called Love?, White Christmas, Моя Старая Любовь
Original Charlie Parker Quintet double bass Another Hair-Do, Bird Feathers, Bird Gets the Worm, Bird of Paradise, Bluebird, Bongo Bop, Dewey Square, Dexterity, Don't Blame Me, Embraceable You, Klactoveedsedsteene, Klaunstance, My Old Flame, Out of Nowhere, Scrapple From the Apple, The Hymn
Stan Getz bass Be Still, TV, Earless Engineering, Goodnight My Love, I've Got You Under My Skin, Intoit, Liza, Opus Caprice, Pinch Bottle, Short P, Not LP, Stairway to the Stars, Stardust, Stars Fell on Alabama, There's a Small Hotel, Too Marvelous for Words, What's New?
Bud Powell bass, double bass 52nd Street Theme, Bouncing With Bud, Bouncing With Bud (alternate take #1), Bouncing With Bud (alternate take #2), Dance of the Infidels, Dance of the Infidels (alternate take), Ornithology, Wail, Wail (alternate take), You Go to My Head
Cecil Payne bass Arnetta, Bringing Up Father, Chessman's Delight, Groovin' High, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Man of Moods, Saucer Eyes, This Time the Dream's on Me
Charlie Parker Quintet bass, double bass Bird Feathers, Bird of Paradise, Bongo Bop, Dewey Square, Dexterity, Embraceable You, Klact-Oveeseds-Tene, The Hymn
Mal Waldron bass Don't Blame Me, Kinda Kanonic, Kokochee, No More Nights, Pedal Eyes, Staggers
Gabe Sokoloff bass Bluing, Denial, Dig, It's Only a Papermoon, My Old Flame, Out of the Blue
Miles Davis double bass Bluing, Denial, Dig, It's Only a Paper Moon, My Old Flame, Out of the Blue
Sonny Criss bass Body and Soul, High Jump, How High the Moon, Intermission Riff, Perdido
Gene Ammons bass Blues Up and Down (take 1), Blues Up and Down (take 2), Blues Up and Down (take 3), You Can Depend on Me (take 1), You Can Depend on Me (take 2)
Al Cohn bass Groovin' With Gus, How Long Has This Been Going On, Infinity, Let's Get Away From It All
Charlie Parker All-Stars double bass Buzzy, Chasin' the Bird, Cheryl, Donna Lee
Beverly Kenney bass Almost Like Being in Love, Mountain Greenery, The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, Violets for Your Furs
Wardell Gray double bass Easy Living (Robin – Rainger), Southside (W. Gray), Sweet Lorraine (Parish – Burwell), Twisted (W. Gray)
Fakie For Nothing bass Maximum, Prince Albert, Tomorrow (Yesterdays)
Harry Belafonte double bass Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Revirado bass Passport, Visa
Roda Tjitay bass Angel Eyes, Gil's Pills
Fats Navarro bass 52nd Street Theme
Sonny Rollins bass More Than You Know