Benny Powell

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Benny Powell

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#9497

Historical Rank

#3035

USA Rank

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Why Is Benny Powell Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Benny Powell was an American jazz trombonist. He played both standard trombone and bass trombone. Biography Born Benjamin Gordon Powell Jr in New Orleans, Louisiana, he first played professionally at the age of 14, and at 18 began playing with Lionel Hampton. In 1951 he left Hampton's band and began playing with Count Basie, in whose orchestra he would remain until 1963. Powell takes the trombone solo in the bridge of Basie's 1955 recording of "April in Paris".

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