b. 27 February 1924, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, d. New York City, New York, USA. Powell studied music at Hampton University, where he became inspired by Count Basie's Lester Young and Herschel Evans, and played his tenor saxophone with the bands of Oran "Hot Lips" Page (1942-43), Louis Armstrong (1943-44), and Luis Russell (1944-45). In 1946 he accepted an offer from Count Basie to replace Illinois Jacquet in the reed section. After briefly leading his own band in 1948 and being featured at that year's Paris Jazz Festival, he joined Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra (1949-50), but the R&B era found him with copious session work and, again, his own unit, which recorded for Federal (the infamous "Walkin' Blues" sung by Fluffy Hunter) and Jubilee.

Listen to Jesse Powell at Finetune.

• (2001)  JP
• (1998)  'Bout It
• (1996)  Jesse Powell

• You
• If I
• 'Bout It, 'Bout It
• She Wasn't Last Night
• You're the One I Love

• Joe
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• Mary J. Blige
• R. Kelly
• Dru Hill
• Boyz II Men
• Usher
• Monica
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• Mariah Carey
• Keith Sweat
• Ginuwine
• Beyonce
• Brian McKnight
• Aaliyah
• Ne-Yo
• Destiny's Child
• Alicia Keys
• Toni Braxton
• Musiq

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• mary1929 on 2007-05-26 11:03:47.497:
  Jesse I've been following your music sincce I was very young and I wanted to let you know to keep doing what your doing. Love ya. When I listen to this song it puts me in another world that indescribale and I can see myself telling my(who ever) that b/c of YOU my life has changed for the better.
• queencity on 2007-05-23 21:16:08.233:
  You is my most favorite song in the world and it takes a man full of love to make a song like this. He should come back and start singing again because he has a beautiful voice.