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Andrew Scott Potter

dr, *1949
Musician / Composer / Producer

Drummer, percussionist, producer, composer; b. Chicago, IL, 18 September 1949. He started playing jazz on bongos and congas with Malawi and Fred Anderson and Bill Brimfield in 1968, at places like the White Elephant, Safari Room and Northwestern Coffee House. He toured with the free street theater, recorded with Eric Hochberg, and worked with various musicians from Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1978, and his first gig was with Michael Wolff and Alex Foster with sidemen John Scofield and Chip Jackson, followed by sessions with other artists. He would go back to Chicago to play with Streetdancer at the Chicago jazz fest. He started recording two records with David E. Tillman that got some air play. He worked in the dance world as musical director four times for Sal Perneice, and he worked for Louis Falco helping them rehearse for the film "Fame". He moved to Brazil in 1986 and started working with Barrosinho, where he worked and recorded with various artists. In 1992, Andrew moved to the Brazilian city Florianopolis and recorded two cds where he sang his own compositions. He got back together with Chicago group Streetdancer and they toured Europe and Chicago.

Instruments

• Drums
• Bongos
• Congas
• Cowbell
• Percussion

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