Frank Potenza

Upon graduating from the Berklee College of Music in 1972, jazz guitarist Frank Potenza embarked upon a prolific career that found him teaching, performing, and recording over the next few decades. A protégé of Joe Pass, Potenza has appeared with a number of well-known musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, George Van Eps, Mose Allison, and Joe Sample, among others. Beginning in 1986, Potenza began recording solo albums for TBA Records of Los Angeles, CA: Sand Dance (1986), Soft and Warm (1987), When We're Alone (1988), and Express Delivery (1990). It wasn't until 1999 that he returned with another solo album, In My Dreams, recorded for Azica Records. At the time of the album's release, Potenza was teaching at USC and performing in his spare time.