• Gordon "Specs" Powell (June 5, 1922 – September 15, 2007) was an American jazz drummer who began performing in the swing era. Specs was the first black...
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  • baseball player Specs Ellis, American former Negro league pitcher Specs Powell (1922-2007), American jazz drummer and percussionist Specs Howard (born 1926)...
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  • on piano, Tiny Grimes on guitar, Bob Haggart on bass and conductor, Specs Powell on drums, and a strings sextet) in New York City on August 14, 1945 for...
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  • Movin' In (album) (category Specs Powell albums)
    Movin' In is an album by drummer Specs Powell released by the Roulette label in 1957. All compositions by Specs Powell except where noted "Undecided" (Charlie...
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  • Richard Tee - organ Jerry Jemmott - bass probably Bernard Purdie - drums Specs Powell - vibes, percussion Montego Joe - percussion George Devens - percussion...
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  • Mondello, Hymie Schertzer, Ed Zuhlke, et al Piano: Hank Jones Drums: Specs Powell/Howard Smith Percussion: Milton Schlesinger, who similarly played from...
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  • and Flip Phillips on tenor saxophone, Charlie Shavers on trumpet and Specs Powell on drums: The Jeep Is Jumpin'. Jaffe played piano on two of three recorded...
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    trumpet Roy Porter - drums Tommy Potter - bass Bud Powell - piano Richie Powell - piano Specs Powell - drums Chano Pozo - percussion André Previn - piano...
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  • business began to grow, he was approached by CBS house musician Specs Powell. At Powell's insistence Cohen designed and sold him a stand for a pair of bongos...
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  • Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957) With Specs Powell Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) With A. K. Salim Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)...
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    (GNP Crescendo, 1962) Shelly Manne, Shelly Manne & Co. (Contact, 1965) Specs Powell, Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) Tom Talbert, Bix Duke Fats (Atlantic, 1957)...
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  • Count Basie Orchestra aka E=MC2 and The Atomic Mr. Basie 52004 Movin' In Specs Powell & Co. 52005 A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry Joe Williams 52006 Kenya-Afro...
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  • clarinet Bill Rowland – piano Hy White – guitar Israel Crosby – bass Specs Powell – drums Recorded in New York City on May 17, 1944 Tracks 11-14: Georgie...
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    composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor (born 1928). Gordon "Specs" Powell, American drummer and percussionist (born 1922). 19 – Mike Osborne,...
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  • Richard Davis – bass Jimmy Johnson – drums Ray Armando – conga Gordon "Specs" Powell – percussion Wade Marcus – arranger Mildred Brown, Rosalyn Brown, Naomi...
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    with Red Norvo (1942–5) in a band which also included with Aaron Sachs, Specs Powell, Shorty Rogers and Eddie Bert, and then on another recording with Joe...
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  • Morgan (Savoy, 1956) Anita O'Day, All the Sad Young Men (Verve, 1962) Specs Powell, Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, Together Again:...
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  • Eddie Sauter - B. B. King - Ted Weems - Norman Granz Mundell Lowe - Specs Powell - Paul Tanner - Gerald Wilson - Terry Gibbs - Tadd Dameron - Paul Gonsalves...
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  • The SpecDrum was an inexpensive drum machine, designed by musicians Alan Pateman and Peter Hennig between 1984 and 1985, and unlike most contemporary drum...
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    1954) The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956) With Specs Powell Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) With Jerome Richardson Midnight Oil (New Jazz...
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    Zawinul (July 7, 1932 – September 11), Austrian keyboardist and composer Specs Powell (June 5, 1922 – September 15), American drummer and percussionist Teresa...
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  • British soldier, commander of UK land forces in the Falklands War. Specs Powell, 85, American jazz drummer, kidney disease. Ernie Renzel, 100, American...
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  • (cd2 tracks 4–9) Bob Haggart: bass, conductor (cd2 tracks 4–6, 14–17) Specs Powell: drums (cd2 tracks 4–6) Chris Griffin: trumpet (cd2 tracks 7–8) Bernard...
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  • acoustic guitar Seldon Powell - varitone, tenor saxophone, flute Sonny Phillips - organ Bob Bushnell - electric bass Specs Powell - drums Prestige Records...
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  • 1957) Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 with John Coltrane (1958) With Specs Powell Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) With Randy Weston The Modern Art of Jazz by...
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    29 – Bubba Brooks, American tenor saxophonist (died 2002). June 5 – Specs Powell, drummer (died 2007). 7 – Beryl Booker, American swing pianist (died...
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  • Dan Pinto Ben Pollack Jeff Porcaro Joe Porcaro Roy Porter Yank Porter Specs Powell Ollie Powers Bobby Previte Jesse Price Dafnis Prieto Tito Puente Bernard...
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    Parker(as), Flip Phillips (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Slam Stewart (b), Specs Powell (d), recorded at WOR Studios, NYC, June 6, 1945. Dial 1045: "Sing Hallelujah"...
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  • Ruacan, Oscar Peterson, Paul Rutherford, Ronaldo Folegatti, Sal Mosca, Specs Powell, Teresa Brewer, Tommy Newsom, Tony Scott, Virtue Hampton Whitted, and...
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  • Washington Carver. Allen was born Tina Powell in Hempstead, New York in 1949 to father Gordon "Specs" Powell, a jazz drummer who played in the Ed Sullivan...
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