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Richie Powell
real name Richard Powell
New York City, United States
Richie Powell is credited on 769 releases across 106 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
769
Credits
106
Albums
8
Decades active
110
In collections
Biography
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American bop and hard bop jazz pianist
Born 5 September 1931, New York City, died June 26, 1956, Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bedford, PA
Younger brother of Bud Powell. Tragically died in a car accident, together with Clifford Brown and Powell’s wife Nancy.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
769 releases · 106 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 1,083
- Other credits · 7
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios · Ter Mar Studios · Capitol Studios, New York City
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Tenor Madness
1956
Clifford Brown And Max Roach
1954
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Plus 4
1956
Study In Brown
1955
Domino
1962
At Basin Street
1956
Weather Report
1982
Pure Genius (Volume One)
1982
Daahoud
1972
Rich Versus Roach
1959
Clifford Brown With Strings
1955
Buhaina
1973
Dinah Jams
1955
Jam Session
1954
The Best Of Max Roach And Clifford Brown In Concert!
1956
Brown And Roach Incorporated
1955
Alone Together: The Best Of The Mercury Years
1995
Work!
1986
More Study In Brown
1984
Four Classic Albums
The Prestige Years
2014
Eight Classic Albums
2013
Domino / Reeds & Deeds
2012
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