Seldon Powell

A veteran tenor saxophonist and flutist, Seldon Powell adjusted and honed his design over time, being flexible plenty of to try out anything from golf swing to very difficult bop and among. He wasn’t the best soloist, most ambitious composer, or most magnificent arranger; he was just a great, consistent participant who survived many adjustments and trends to stay active from your late ’40s before ’90s. Powell was classically been trained in New York, after that worked well briefly with Tabs Smith in 1949 before becoming a member of Lucky Millinder and documenting with him in 1950. Powell is at the armed service in 1950 and 1951, after that became a studio room musician in NY. He worked well and documented with Louis Bellson, Neal Hefti, Friedrich Gulda, Johnny Richards, and Billy Ver Planck within the middle- and past due ’50s. Powell also used Sy Oliver and Erskine Hawkins, and analyzed at Juilliard. He journeyed to European countries with Benny Goodman’s music group in 1958, and worked briefly with Woody Herman. Powell was an employee participant for ABC tv within the ’60s, and in addition played and documented with Buddy High, Bellson, Clark Terry, and Ahmed Abdul-Malik. He do several soul-jazz and pop times in the past due ’60s and early ’70s, included in this a program with Groove Holmes and big-band times support Gato Barbieri and Dizzy Gillespie. Powell was primary soloist in Gerry Mulligan’s 16-piece music group in the JVC Jazz Event in NY in 1987. He documented as a innovator for Roost and Epic.