Andrew Scott Potter

Drummer, percussionist, producer, composer; b. Chicago, IL, 18 September 1949. Potter started playing jazz on bongos and congas with Malawi, 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. Andrew 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. Potter 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 worked for Louis Falco helping them rehearse for the film "Fame". Andrew moved to Brazil in 1986 and started working with Barrosinho, where he worked and recorded with various artists. In 1992 he moved to the Brazilian city Florianopolis and recorded two cds on which he sang his own compositions. Potter got back together with the Chicago group Streetdancer and they toured in Europe and Chicago.