Tommy Potter
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Bongo Bop

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Tommy Potter closes out the solos on acoustic bass with one chorus, following Duke Jordan at approximately 159 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 12-bar Blues form and the key of C, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. Coming last in the solo order, Potter has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. This is one of the recordings from the October 1947 Savoy session that introduced the classic Parker quintet lineup with Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, and Max Roach.

Tommy Potter was 28 to 29 years old at the time.