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.

Background

He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, Louis Bellson, and Jimmy Witherspoon. During the 1960s he ventured into the soul jazz idiom and worked with Clark Terry, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Hammond Smith, and Buddy Rich.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Tony Aless With Mose Allison With Albert Ayler With Chet Baker With Gato Barbieri With Aaron Bell With Louis Bellson With Billy Butler With Anthony Braxton With Rusty Bryant With Charlie Byrd With Hank Crawford With Bobby Donaldson With Charles Earland With Art Farmer With Jimmy Forrest With Ronnie Foster With Panama Francis With Friedrich Gulda With Eddie Harris With Neal Hefti With Groove Holmes With Quincy Jones With Rufus "Speedy" Jones With Looking Glass With Ahmed Abdul-Malik With Arif Mardin With Les McCann With Jack McDuff With Gary McFarland With Jimmy McGriff With Blue Mitchell With Modern Jazz Quartet With David "Fathead" Newman With Chico O'Farrill With Sy Oliver With Jimmy Owens With Oliver Nelson With Reuben Phillips With Bernard Purdie With Buddy Rich With Willie Rodriguez With A. K. Salim With Eddie Sauter With Johnny "Hammond" Smith With Leon Spencer With Sonny Stitt With Billy Taylor With Clark Terry With Joe Thomas With Teri Thornton With Cal Tjader With Ernie Wilkins With Jimmy Witherspoon