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Album: Nextep
By Benny Powell
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2008
Duration: 5:06
Trombonist Benny Powell Interviewed at AAJ
Master trombonist, composer, occasional vocalist and actor, NEA Jazz Master Benny Powell was saluted in 2008 at the All Nite Soul at Saint Peter Church in New York, along with his fellow honoree, pianist Jane Jarvis. A working musician since his early teens in New Orleans and a veteran sideman on hundreds of recording sessions with ...
Benny Powell: Trombone Titan
by Andrew Velez
Master trombonist, composer, occasional vocalist and actor, NEA Jazz Master Benny Powell was saluted in 2008 at the All Nite Soul at Saint Peter Church in New York, along with his fellow honoree, pianist Jane Jarvis. A working musician since his early teens in New Orleans and a veteran sideman on hundreds of recording sessions with ...
Benny Powell: Nextep
by Dan McClenaghan
If Benny Powell doesn't sound familiar, he should be. He's recorded memorable work with Count Basie (a classic solo on “April in Paris") and on pianist Randy Weston's African Sunrise (Polygram Records, 1992). He's also been heard in countless recordings with Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, Sarah Vaughn and as part of Merv Griffin's TV ...
Benny Powell: Legendary Jazz Great to be Honored in Gala Musical Tribute in NYC
Celebrated Jazz great, Trombonist Benny Powell will be one of two jazz legends to be honored for lifetime contributions to the music genre, as part of a prestigious annual ceremony that will feature over 150 musicians! at NYC's historic St. Peter's Church. Hailed as a Jazz Master and National Treasure, the celebrated veteran trombonist, best known ...
A Jazz Nativity Tonight at Birdland
"a spiritual classic", “unpretentiously joyous" “ Seeing the Jazz Nativity should be a prerequisite to entering the Pearly Gates" The Rev. James A. Forbes, Riverside Church BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT A JAZZ NATIVITY Written, arranged and conducted by Anne Phillips Directed by Beth & Tad Jones ...
