Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926 – April 14, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist who was born in New Orleans and died in Oakland, California.

In 1940, he studied under Sidney Desvigne, and following World War II he attended the newly founded Candell Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California.

Neal Hefti wrote the tune "Little Pony", named after Poindexter, for the Count Basie Orchestra.

[1] 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.

For eight years, he lived in Spain and then moved to Mannheim, Germany, before returning to the U.S.[1] He published a memoir, titled The Pony Express.