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Mel Powell

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American composer (1923-1998)

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Type
Person
Country
BR
Active from
1937-08-06
Active to
2000-09-26

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Listeners
4,894
Total plays
26,472

Tags

jazzpianoambientcontemporary classicalcomposer

Born 12 February 1923 in New York, Mel Powell began his musical life as a prodigious jazz artist, working as pianist and arranger with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and later, the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. Soon, however, a strong compositional instinct prompted his matriculation at Yale University, where he studied with Paul Hindemith. Under Hindemith, and throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, Powell composed primarily in a neoclassic style producing such works as the Cantilena Concertante

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Q4563684
Family name
Powell
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
The Bronx
Place of death
Sherman Oaks
Occupation
jazz musician
Languages spoken
English language
Student of
Paul Hindemith
Field of work
music education
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Image
Martha Scott Mel Powell 3.jpg
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date of birth
1923-02-12
date of death
1998-04-24
start of work period
1939-00-00
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