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Name
Seldon Powell
Role
Musician
Died
January 25, 1997, Hempstead
Albums
End Play, We Paid Our Dues
Music group
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (1973)
Similar People
Jimmy Cleveland, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Jerome Richardson, Osie Johnson, Dave Bailey
Seldon powell why was i born
Seldon Powell (15 November 1928–25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia.
He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, and Louis Bellson. During the 1960s he ventured into the soul jazz idiom and worked with Clark Terry, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Hammond Smith, and Buddy Rich.
Seldon powell sextet featuring jimmy cleveland
As leader
Seldon Powell featuring Jimmy Cleveland (Roost/Vogue, 1956)
Rhythm Plus One (Fresh Sound, 1956)
At the Hop (PMI)
Messin' with Seldon Powell (Encounter, 1973)
As sideman
Louis Bellson: The Driving Louis Bellson (Norgran, 1955)
Neal Hefti: Hot'n Hearty (Epic, 1955)
Tony Aless: Long Island Suite (Roost, 1955)
Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
Friedrich Gulda: At Birdland (RCA, 1956)
Billy Ver Planck: Jazz for Playgirls (Savoy, 1957)
Eddie Sauter: The Sauter-Finnegan Orchestra – Directions in Music (RCA, 1952–58)
A. K. Salim: Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
Art Farmer: The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)
Aaron Bell: Music from Peter Gunn (Lion, 1959)
Aaron Bell: Music from Victory at Sea (Lion, 1959)
Billy Taylor: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside, 1959)
Bobby Donaldson:Jazz Unlimited (Golden Crest, 1960)
Ernie Wilkins: The Big New Band of the 60's (Everest, 1960)
Panama Francis: The beat behind million sellers (ABC, 1960)