Seldon Powell
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.[1]
Discography
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
- Tony Aless, Long Island Suite (Roost, 1955)
- Mose Allison, Hello There, Universe (Atlantic, 1970)
- Albert Ayler, New Grass (Impulse!, 1968)
- Chet Baker, Baker's Holiday (Limelight, 1965)
- Gato Barbieri, Chapter Three, Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
- Aaron Bell, Music from Peter Gunn (Lion, 1959)
- Aaron Bell, Music from Victory at Sea (Lion, 1959)
- Louis Bellson, The Driving Louis Bellson (Norgran, 1955)
- Billy Butler, Guitar Soul! (Prestige, 1969)
- Anthony Braxton, Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Arista, 1976)
- Rusty Bryant, Until It's Time for You to Go (Prestige, 1974)
- Charlie Byrd, Byrd at the Gate (Riverside, 1963)
- Hank Crawford, Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
- Bobby Donaldson, Jazz Unlimited (Golden Crest, 1960)
- Charles Earland, Charles III (Prestige, 1973)
- Art Farmer, The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)
- Jimmy Forrest, Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
- Ronnie Foster, Sweet Revival (Blue Note, 1972)
- Panama Francis, The beat behind million sellers (ABC, 1960)
- Panama Francis, Tough Talk (20th Century Fox, 1964)
- Friedrich Gulda, At Birdland (RCA, 1956)
- Eddie Harris, Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968)
- Neal Hefti, Hot'n Hearty (Epic, 1955)
- Groove Holmes, Night Glider (Groove Merchant, 1973)
- Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
- Quincy Jones, Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1965)
- Rufus "Speedy" Jones, Five on Eight (Cameo)
- Looking Glass, Subway Serenade (Epic, 1973)
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Spellbound (Status, 1964)
- Arif Mardin, Journey (Atlantic, 1974)
- Les McCann, Les McCann Plays the Hits (Limelight, 1966)
- Les McCann, Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
- Les McCann, Another Beginning (Atlantic, 1974)
- Jack McDuff, The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974)
- Gary McFarland, Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
- Jimmy McGriff, The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
- Blue Mitchell, Many Shades of Blue (Mainstream, 1974)
- Modern Jazz Quartet, Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1965)
- David "Fathead" Newman, Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968)
- Chico O'Farrill, Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
- Sy Oliver, Annie Laurie (Sesac, 1960)
- Sy Oliver, Easy Walker (Sesac, 1962)
- Jimmy Owens, Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)
- Oliver Nelson, The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
- Reuben Phillips, Manhattan...3 a.m. (Poplar, 1960)
- Bernard Purdie, Soul Drums (Date, 1967)
- Bernard Purdie, Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971)
- Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
- Buddy Rich, The Driver (EmArcy, 1960)
- Willie Rodriguez, Flatjacks (Riverside, 1964)
- A. K. Salim, Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
- Eddie Sauter, The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Directions in Music (RCA, 1952–58)
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Black Coffee (Riverside, 1962)
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Look Out! (New Jazz, 1962)
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Open House! (Riverside, 1963)
- Leon Spencer, Where I'm Coming From (Prestige, 1973)
- Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
- Sonny Stitt, I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
- Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside, 1959)
- Billy Taylor, Brazilian Beat (Sesac, 1963)
- Clark Terry, Color Changes (Candid, 1960)
- Clark Terry, What makes Sammy swing (20th Century Fox, 1963)
- Joe Thomas, Joy of Cookin' (Groove Merchant, 1972)
- Teri Thornton, Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
- Cal Tjader, Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
- Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)
- Ernie Wilkins, The Big New Band of the 60's (Everest, 1960)
- Jimmy Witherspoon, Goin' to Kansas City Blues (RCA Victor, 1958) with Jay McShann
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.