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Specs Powell was born on 5 June, 1922, is an American jazz musician. Discover Specs Powell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Born 5 June, 1922
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1922

Gordon "Specs" Powell (June 5, 1922 – September 15, 2007) was an American jazz drummer who began performing in the swing era.

1930

Born in New York City, he started on piano but became exclusively a drummer in the late 1930s.

1939

He worked with Edgar Hayes (1939), Benny Carter (1941–42), and Ben Webster.

1943

Specs was the first black staff musician hired by CBS in 1943.

1960

He played percussion on the Ed Sullivan Show in the early 1960s and remained active professionally until the 1970s.

At some point in the early 1960s he approached the Latin percussion maker Martin Cohen and had Cohen make for him an early (perhaps the first) bongo stand.

2004

In 2004 he was inducted into the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame.

Powell was also a photographer, and his photographic archives of 2500 images are preserved in the Tom and Ethel Bradley Center at California State University, Northridge.

He died in San Diego of kidney disease at the age of 85.