Music Career
In addition to the Gillespie concerts, Powers had a career as a professional musician. He taught himself Latin percussion and became played with Willie Rodriguez, Charlie Palmieri and Randy Carlos as well as playing drums with Tony Bennett, Joe Jones, and David Amram.
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