Bill Potts

Bill Potts (William Orie Potts) (1928 – 2005) was an American jazz pianist, arranger and composer. In 1959, he released an album with songs from George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess. Potts spent several years working in New York City before returning to the D.C. area, where he worked locally in addition to touring with and arranging for Paul Anka, Eddie Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Quincy Jones and many others. He taught music theory at Montgomery College from 1974 to 1990 and was the leader of the student jazz band. He also led a big band at Washington's Blues Alley nightclub in the 1980s.