Real name: James Theodore

Jazz alto saxophonist, born October 24, 1914 in New York.
Powell worked with Frank Newton 1931 and other leaders in New York during the mid-1930s, 1938-1941 with Edgar Hayes and Sidney Bechet, 1943-1946 with Count Basie. Later with Lucky Millinder, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie and Machito, in the 1960s-early 1970s with rhythm & blues and soul artists. Resumed playing swing with Sy Oliver in 1975.