Bill Potts

piano, arrangement · 1928–2005 · Arlington

Pianist and arranger born in Arlington (Virginia), who also played Hawaiian guitar and accordion in his youth. The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess (United Artists, 1959), written for a nineteen-piece orchestra, received five stars from DownBeat.

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Styles

• Modern big bands

Landmark tracks

• I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (Bill Potts) (1959)
• It Ain't Necessarily So (Bill Potts) (1959)
• Bess, You Is My Woman (Bill Potts) (1959)
• A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (Bill Potts) (1959)

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