Steve Potts Quartet

Steve Potts, born in Columbus (Ohio) in 1943, began playing music as a child, inspired by his cousin Buddy Tate, a saxophonist with Count Basie. After a spell in Los Angeles, where he studied with Charles Lloyd, he landed in New York, rubbing shoulders with the giants of jazz - Dolphy, Coltrane, Carter, Hancock - and playing with such greats as Roy Ayers and Chico Hamilton.

In 1970, tired of the hustle and bustle of New York, he moved to Paris. There he began a long musical adventure with Steve Lacy, touring for 23 years and releasing over 25 albums.

In the 2000s, he hosted the Parisian scene at the club Les Sept Lézards with three house bands and set up an improvisation workshop, the Ménilmontant Street Band. Always on the road, notably in Italy, he is now preparing a new project, true to his credo: staying intensely alive.