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Tommy Potter
real name Charles Thomas Potter
Philadelphia, United States
Tommy Potter is credited on 1,687 releases across 423 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,687
Credits
423
Albums
8
Decades active
186
In collections
Biography
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American jazz bassist, born Sep 21, 1918 in Philadelphia, USA, died March 3, 1988 in Philadelphia, USA
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,687 releases · 423 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 2,531
- Other credits · 3
Studios: WOR Studios · Birdland · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Royal Roost (2)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Brilliant Corners
1957
Out Of The Cool
1961
The Amazing Bud Powell (Volume 1)
1955
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Dig
1956
The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
1957
The Verve Years (1948-50)
1976
"Bird" Symbols
1961
Great Jazz Standards
1959
Belafonte Sings The Blues
1958
Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
1957
Bird And Diz
1952
Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland)
1977
Conception
1956
Charlie Parker With Strings
1955
Stan Getz Quartets
1955
The Fabulous Bird
1955
The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2
1954
Walkin', Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', Steamin'
2010
The Verve Years (1950-51)
1976
The Charlie Parker Story
1956
The New Sounds
1951
The Very Best Of Bird
1977
Together Again!
1965
Frequent collaborators
- Charlie Parker
- Miles Davis
- Various
- Stan Getz
- Sonny Rollins
- Bud Powell
- Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five
- Willis Jackson
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