Seldon Powell
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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, Louis Bellson, and Jimmy Witherspoon.[1] During the 1960s he ventured into the soul jazz idiom and worked with Clark Terry, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Hammond Smith, and Buddy Rich.[2]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- Sedon Powell Plays (Roost 1955 [1956], reissued by Roulette, 1973))
- Seldon Powell featuring Jimmy Cleveland (Roost, 1956)
- Rhythm Plus One (Fresh Sound, 1956 [1984], LP reissue of selections from the above)
- At the Hop (PMI)
- Messin' with Seldon Powell (Encounter, 1973)
As sideman
[edit]With Tony Aless
- Long Island Suite (Roost, 1955)
With Mose Allison
- Hello There, Universe (Atlantic, 1970)
With Albert Ayler
- New Grass (Impulse!, 1968)
With Chet Baker
- Baker's Holiday (Limelight, 1965)
With Gato Barbieri
- Chapter Three, Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
With Aaron Bell
- Music from Peter Gunn (Lion, 1959)
- Music from Victory at Sea (Lion, 1959)
With Louis Bellson
- The Driving Louis Bellson (Norgran, 1955)
With Billy Butler
- Guitar Soul! (Prestige, 1969)
With Anthony Braxton
- Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Arista, 1976)
With Rusty Bryant
- Until It's Time for You to Go (Prestige, 1974)
With Charlie Byrd
- Byrd at the Gate (Riverside, 1963)
With Hank Crawford
- Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
With Bobby Donaldson
- Jazz Unlimited (Golden Crest, 1960)
With Charles Earland
- Charles III (Prestige, 1973)
With Art Farmer
- The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)
With Jimmy Forrest
- Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
With Ronnie Foster
- Sweet Revival (Blue Note, 1972)
With Panama Francis
- The beat behind million sellers (ABC, 1960)
- Tough Talk (20th Century Fox, 1964)
With Friedrich Gulda
- Friedrich Gulda at Birdland (RCA Victor, 1957)
- A Man of Letters (Decca, 1957)
With Eddie Harris
- Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1968)
With Neal Hefti
- Hot'n Hearty (Epic, 1955)
With Groove Holmes
- Night Glider (Groove Merchant, 1973)
With Quincy Jones
- Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
- Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1965)
With Rufus "Speedy" Jones
- Five on Eight (Cameo)
With Looking Glass
- Subway Serenade (Epic, 1973)
With Ahmed Abdul-Malik
- Spellbound (Status, 1964)
With Arif Mardin
- Journey (Atlantic, 1974)
With Les McCann
- Les McCann Plays the Hits (Limelight, 1966)
- Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
- Another Beginning (Atlantic, 1974)
With Jack McDuff
- The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974)
With Gary McFarland
- Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
With Jimmy McGriff
- The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
With Blue Mitchell
- Many Shades of Blue (Mainstream, 1974)
With Modern Jazz Quartet
- Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1965)
- Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968)
With Chico O'Farrill
- Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
With Sy Oliver
- Annie Laurie (Sesac, 1960)
- Easy Walker (Sesac, 1962)
With Jimmy Owens
- Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)
With Oliver Nelson
- The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
With Reuben Phillips
- Manhattan...3 a.m. (Poplar, 1960)
With Bernard Purdie
- Soul Drums (Date, 1967)
- Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971)
- Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
With Buddy Rich
- The Driver (EmArcy, 1960)
With Willie Rodriguez
- Flatjacks (Riverside, 1964)
With A. K. Salim
- Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
With Eddie Sauter
- The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Directions in Music (RCA, 1952–58)
- Black Coffee (Riverside, 1962)
- Look Out! (New Jazz, 1962)
- Open House! (Riverside, 1963)
With Leon Spencer
- Where I'm Coming From (Prestige, 1973)
With Sonny Stitt
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
With Billy Taylor
- Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside, 1959)
- Brazilian Beat (Sesac, 1963)
With Clark Terry
- Color Changes (Candid, 1960)
- What makes Sammy swing (20th Century Fox, 1963)
- Tread Ye Lightly (Cameo, 1963)
With Joe Thomas
- Joy of Cookin' (Groove Merchant, 1972)
With Teri Thornton
- Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
With Cal Tjader
- Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
- Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)
With Ernie Wilkins
- The Big New Band of the 60's (Everest, 1960)
With Jimmy Witherspoon
- Goin' to Kansas City Blues (RCA Victor, 1958) with Jay McShann
References
[edit]- ^ Rotante, Anthony (1965). "Jimmy Witherspoon Discography". Record Research. No. 65. Brooklyn, NY. p. 8. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Wynn, Ron. "Seldon Powell Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-23.