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Biography
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Jesse Powell
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 1962
American jazz tenor saxophonistborn February 27, 1924 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas
died October 19, 1982 in New York City, New York
Worked with : Hot Lips Page, Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie, Brownie McGhee, Willie Jordan, Doc Pomus, Dizzy Gillespie and others.
He recorded as leader for Federal Records (3) (1951 & 1953).