Jimmy Powell

Discographers show Jimmy Powell slowing down from his recording session duties in the late '70s, at that point having cut well over 100 albums with major figures in classic jazz such as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Benny Carter, and Sidney Bechet. Powell dealt with much of the woodwind family -- several saxophones, clarinet, and flute among his axes -- but actually started out as a violinist. On this ...more