Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein, February 12, 1923 in the Bronx, New York City - April 24, 1998 in Sherman Oaks, California) was a jazz pianist and composer of classical music. Powell was born to Russian Jewish parents and began playing piano as a child, and performed jazz professionally in New York City as a teenager. In 1941-42 he played, composed, and arranged for Benny Goodman. A member of Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps Band in 1943-45, … Wikipedia
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Mel Powell made his initial reputation as a jazz pianist and arranger, notably with the Benny Goodman band, but spent much of his life teaching classical composition and composing his own work in serial forms. www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920546056
