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| 1. | Go First Class
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| 2. | Why Was I Born
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| 3. | Love Is Just Around the Corner
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| 4. | Someone to Watch Over Me
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| 5. | Count Fleet
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| 6. | Autumn Nocturne
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| 7. | Swingsville, Ohio
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| 8. | Summertime
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| 9. | Woodyn' You
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| 10. | She's Funny That Way
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| 11. | Miss Melody
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| 12. | I'll Close My Eyes
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| 13. | 11th Hour Blues
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| 14. | A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing
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| 15. | It's a Cryin' Shame
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| 16. | Button Nose
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| 17. | Undecided
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| 18. | Biscuit for Duncan
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| 19. | Sleepy Time Down South
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| 20. | Lolly Gag
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Jazz
Jimmy Nottingham (tp), Bob Alexander, Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Seldon Powell (ts), Pete Mondello (cl, ts), Heywood Henry (cl, bars), Tony Aless, Roland Hanna (p), Billy Bauer, Freddie Green (g), Arnold Fishkin, Aaron Bell (b), Don Lamond, Osie Johnson, Gus J
Seldon Powell (1928-1997) was not an adventurer in either conception or sound. He was a solid, consolidated modern tenorist with a big, full tone, a superb beat, and largely interesting logically structured ideas. Powell plays with invigorating straight forwardness. He has the ability to take you with him all the way, in all tempos, and on all registers of his horn. On ballads, he combines lyricism with guts, and on the up tempos, he really digs in. Barry Ulanov mentioned in his excellent notes, that Powell had a "ceaseless flow of melodic inspiration," a very precise description of what is so attractive, both in his playing and in these recordings
Tracks 1-8: Seldon Powell Nonet
Jimmy Nottingham (tp), Bob Alexander (tb), Seldon Powell (ts), Pete Mondello (cl, ts), Heywood Henry (cl, bars), Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (g), Arnold Fishkin (b), Don Lamond (d)
NYC, October 24 and November 14, 1955
Tracks 9-20: Seldon Powell Sextet
Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Seldon Powell (ts), Freddie Green (g), Roland Hanna (p), Aaron Bell (b), Osie Johnson or Gus Johnson (d)
NYC, 1956
Seldon Powell
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Nov 15, 1928 in Lawrenceville, VA
Died: Jan 25, 1997 in Hempstead, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Progressive Big Band, R&B, Soul-Jazz, Swing
A veteran tenor saxophonist and flutist, Seldon Powell has adjusted and honed his style over the years, being flexible enough to play anything from swing to hard bop and in between. He's not a great soloist, ambitious composer or spectacular arranger; he's simply a good, consistent player who's survived many changes and trends to remain active from the late '40s until the '90s. Powell was classically trained in New York, then worked briefly with Tab Smith in 1949 before joining Lucky Millinder and recording with him in 1950. Powell was in the military in 1950 and 1951, then became a studio musician in New York. He worked and recorded with Louis Bellson, Neal Hefti, Friedrich Gulda, Johnny Richards and Billy Ver Planck in the mid and late-'50s. Powell also played with Sy Oliver and Erskine Hawkins, and studied at Juilliard. He traveled to Europe with Benny Goodman's band in 1958, and worked briefly with Woody Herman. Powell was a staff player for ABC television in the '60s, and also played and recorded with Buddy Rich, Bellson, Clark Terry and Ahmed Abdul-Malik. He did a number of soul jazz and pop dates in the late '60s and early '70s, among them a session with Groove Holmes and big band dates backing Gato Barbieri and Dizzy Gillespie. Powell was principal soloist in Gerry Mulligan's 16-piece band at the JVC Jazz Festival in New York in 1987. He has recorded as a leader for Roost, and Epic. Powell has no sessions currently available on CD.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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