 Powell was with Hodges ' band in Los Angeles in the spring of 1954 when Roach needed a new pianist for the quintet that he co @-@ led with trumpeter Clifford Brown . Powell was offered , and accepted , the job . He also became arranger for the quintet . They performed and rehearsed a lot , then had several recording sessions that August for EmArcy Records , which resulted in their first album , Brown and Roach Incorporated . In the same month , Powell was involved as pianist for some tracks at a session arranged for singer Dinah Washington that featured a studio audience . In September the quintet played for a fortnight at the Black Hawk in San Francisco , then began a tour of the eastern United States the following month . The band 's saxophonist , Harold Land , reported that , when touring , " Richie was a little busy with the ladies . He had harems in almost every city " . 
