JEFF POTTER    Drummer & Arts Journalist
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Arts Journalist 
Jeff has published over 500 pieces on music and theater, including cover stories, features, profiles, CD & DVD reviews and biographical pieces 

PERIODICALS
DownBeat, Modern Drummer, JazzTimes, International Musician, Jazz Inside

OTHER
The Manhattan Times, TDF Stages Theatre Magazine (website), Marquee (The Actors Fund), Liner notes for CBS and 
King Records (Japan)

BOOKS
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (contributed artist bios), The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power And Invention
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Jeff has interviewed and profiled many notable jazz figures, including Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding, Michel Camilo, Al Jarreau, Charnett Moffett, Omer Avital, Arturo O'Farrill, Rodney Whitaker and Marc Cary.

He has also interviewed several rock legends, including Ginger Baker (Cream), David Byrne, Garth Hudson (The Band), Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival), and Michael Shrieve (Santana). 


During his long association with Modern Drummer, beginning in 1986, Jeff has written cover stories on Roy Haynes, Alan Dawson, Jeff Hamilton, Dave Weckl, Manolo Badrena, Levon Helm, Buddy Rich and Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley). His feature stories have covered Connie Kay, Mickey Roker, David Garibaldi, Ben Riley, Chico Hamilton, Paul Simon's Graceland Drummers, Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Michael Carvin, Freddie Waits, Joe Chambers, Daniel Freedman, Pedrito Martinez, Jamey Haddad, Vince Cherico, Akira Tana, and many others. 
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