Pony Poindexter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pony Poindexter

American musician

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1988

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Pony Poindexter

  • Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana – April 14, 1988, Oakland, California) was an American jazz saxophonist. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax.
  • In 1940 he studied under Sidney Desvigne, and following World War II attended the newly founded Candell Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California.
  • From 1947 to 1950 he played with Billy Eckstine.
  • In 1950 he played in a quartet with Vernon Alley.
  • From 1951 to 1952, he was with Lionel Hampton and in 1952 he played with Stan Kenton.
  • Neal Hefti wrote the tune "Little Pony", named after Poindexter, for the Count Basie Orchestra.
  • Through the end of the 1950s Poindexter played extensively both as a leader and as a sideman, recording with Charlie Parker, Nat King Cole, T-Bone Walker, and Jimmy Witherspoon.
  • In the early 1960s he began playing the soprano sax as well.He recorded with Eric Dolphy and Dexter Gordon on a session for Epic Records around 1962.
  • From 1961 to 1964, he accompanied Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
  • In 1963 he moved to Paris and recorded with Annie Ross.
  • For eight years he lived in Spain and then moved to Mannheim, Germany before returning to the U.S.In 1980 he took jazz singer Laurie Antonioli on his final tour.
  • During their eight-month sojourn performing in Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland, Antonioli and Poindexter were a few days away from going to Paris to record with Kenny Drew when Poindexter suffered a stroke.
  • Antonioli returned him to San Francisco.
  • Having lost the ability to play saxophone, he could sing and Antonioli performed with him in 1986, his final performance at Bajone's nightclub in San Francisco.
  • He published an autobiography, Pony Express, in 1985.

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