Short bio Mel Powell
Full biography Mel Powell
Mel Powell, born Melvin Epstein, was an American composer and pianist. He was born on February 12, 1923, in New York City and passed away on April 24, 1998. Powell was a prodigious talent and began playing piano at a young age. By the time he was 18, he was already writing important arrangements for Benny Goodman.
Powell's music covers a wide range of genres , from swing to classical. He was one of the leading figures in the development of atonal music, and his work reflects a strong understanding of both classical and jazz idioms. Powell's style evolved over the course of his career, but he was known for experimenting with rhythm and harmony in his compositions.
Powell's accomplishments include winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1990 for his work "Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra." He was also the founding dean of the music department at California Institute of the Arts.
Powell was highly regarded by his peers and colleagues, and his loss was felt deeply by the music community. Composer Milton Babbitt, a close friend of Powell's, described him as "a singular musician whose creative virtuosity was matched by his wit , warmth, and kindness."
Overall, Mel Powell was a brilliant composer and pianist whose contributions to the music world will not be forgotten. His legacy continues to inspire new generations of musicians and composers.
Albums featuring Mel Powell
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Django Reinhardt, The Glenn Miller's All Stars, The Ray McKinley Trio, Mel Powell – Paris 1945(CD, ) | 2016 | Éditions Milan Music |
| 2 |  |
Mel Powell's Bandstand(7×File, MP3, Album) | 2014 | Sinetone AMR |
| 3 |  |
Four Classic Albums Plus(2×CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 2012 | Avid Jazz |
| 4 |  |
Piano Prodigy(CD, Compilation, Enhanced, Remastered) | 2003 | Ocium |
| 5 |  |
Mel Powell - California EAR Unit – Settings(CD, Album) | 2003 | New World Records |
| 6 |  |
Juilliard Wind Ensemble, American Brass Quintet, Mark Gould | Eric Ewazen, William Schuman, Mel Powell – Shadowcatcher(CD, ) | 2001 | New World Records |
| 7 |  |
Mel Powell - Joe Sullivan - Mary Lou Williams – Two Cats & A Mouse(CD, Compilation) | 1999 | Definitive Records (2) |
| 8 |  |
It's Been So Long | 1999 | Vanguard |
| 9 |  |
The Best Things In Life | 1999 | Vanguard |
| 10 |  |
Benny Goodman With Charlie Shavers And Mel Powell – Yale Archives-Volume 9 Live At Basin Street, 1954(CD, Album) | 1994 | MusicMasters Jazz |
| 11 |  |
Imbrie • Shifrin • Harbison • Powell, The Francesco Trio – Contemporary American Piano Trios(CD, Album) | 1993 | Music & Arts |
| 12 |  |
Mel Powell, Alan Feinberg, Robert Taub, David Alan Miller, Bryan Pezzone, Trina Dye, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group – Mel Powell: Duplicates(CD, ) | 1992 | Harmonia Mundi France |
| 13 |  |
New York Woodwind Quintet / Martin Bresnick, Mel Powell, Ronald Roseman, Ralph Shapey – Works By Bresnik, Powell, Roseman, Shapey(CD, Album) | 1991 | New World Records |
| 14 |  |
Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, Mel Powell - Composers Quartet – Three American String Quartets(CD, ) | 1990 | Music & Arts |
| 15 |  |
Sierra Wind Quintet, William Albright, Barney Childs, Alvin Etler, Mel Powell – A Box Of Views(CD, Stereo) | 1989 | Cambria |
| 16 |  |
The Return Of Mel Powell (Live Aboard The S/S Norway)(CD, Album) | 1989 | Chiaroscuro Records |
| 17 |  |
Six Recent Works(CD, Album) | 1988 | Musicmasters |
| 18 |  |
Piano Forte - Mel Powell And His Uptown Hall Gang(LP) | 1985 | Nostalgia (8) |
| 19 |  |
The Unavailable Mel Powell(LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono) | 1984 | Pausa Records |
| 20 |  |
Glenn Miller And The Army Air Force Band Featuring Mel Powell – Swing And Sweet(LP, Mono) | 1983 | Nostalgia (8) |
| 21 |  |
Milton Babbitt / Mel Powell – A Solo Requiem / Haiku Settings / Filigree Setting / Three Synthesizer Settings(LP, Stereo) | 1981 | Nonesuch |
| 22 |  |
Schoenberg, Powell, Sequoia String Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10 / Little Companion Pieces(LP) | 1980 | Nonesuch |
| 23 |  |
Mel Powell, Joe Bushkin – The World Is Waiting | 1979 | Commodore |
| 24 |  |
Ray McKinley, Bernie Privin, Peanuts Hucko, Mel Powell, Carmen Mastren, Joe Shulman – Jazzmen In Uniform (Paris 1945) | 1976 | Harmony (4) |
| 25 |  |
Django Reinhardt With The American All Stars, The Ray McKinley Trio, Mel Powell – Paris 1945 | 1968 | CBS |
| 26 |  |
Mel Powell / Vladimir Ussachevsky / Otto Luening – Music For Electronic & Older Instruments | 1968 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 27 |  |
Mel Powell / Milton Babbitt – Music Of Mel Powell & Milton Babbitt(LP) | 1961 | Son Nova Records |
| 28 |  |
Chamber Music | 1958 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 29 |  |
Out On A Limb | 1955 | Vanguard |
| 30 |  |
Classics In Jazz(7", 45 RPM, EP) | 1955 | Capitol Records |
| 31 |  |
Classics In Jazz(7", 45 RPM, EP) | 1955 | Capitol Records |
| 32 |  |
For Miss Black / Don't Blame Me | 1950 | Esquire |
| 33 |  |
Anything Goes / That Old Black Magic | 1948 | Capitol Records |
| 34 |  |
Mel Powell On Piano(3×Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album) | 1948 | Capitol Records |
| 35 |  |
Hommage A Fatts Waller / Hommage A Debussy | 1945 | Disques ABC Paris |
| 36 |  |
You Go To My Head / There's A Small Hotel(Shellac, 10", 78 RPM) | - | Telefunken Capitol |
| 37 |  |
The Impeccable(7", 45 RPM, EP) | - | Esquire |
| 38 |  |
Mel Powell / Mel Powell Trio – Brahms Rhapsody / Sketches(Shellac, 12", 78 RPM) | - | Commodore |
| 39 |  |
Program(2×Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album) | - | Commodore |
| 40 |  |
Mel Powell, Milton Babbitt, John Anthony Lennon, Mario Davidovsky, Roger Reynolds, Tom Flaherty — Anderson/Fader Duo • Elgart/Yates Duo • David Starobin • Todd Seelye • SMU Meadows Symphony Orchestra • David Milnes – New Music With Guitar, Volume 5(CD, Co | - | Bridge Records (4) |
| 41 |  |
Glenn Miller's Uptown Hall Gang Led By Mel Powell With Peanuts Hucko And Beryl Davis – My Guy's Come Back(LP, Compilation) | - | Esquire |
| 42 |  |
Teddy Wilson, Mel Powell, Mary Lou Williams – I Love A Piano(LP, Compilation) | - | Esquire |
| 43 |  |
Six Classic Albums(4×CD, Compilation, Remastered) | - | Real Gone |
| 44 |  |
The Mel Powell Special(LP, Compilation, Promo) | - | Vanguard |
| 45 |  |
Karel Husa, Ezra Laderman, Mel Powell, The Colorado Quartet – Untitled(CD, Stereo) | - | Albany Records |
Videos featuring Mel Powell
Mel Powell - Computer Prelude [US] Avantgarde, Contemporary Classical (1988)
album: Six Recent Works
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Muskrat Ramble / Mel Powell Septet
Muskrat Ramble
Mel Powell Septet
Capitol 10173 (3442-2D)
Clyde Hurley(tp) Lou McGarity(tb) Gus Bivona(cl) Don Lodice(ts) Mel Powell(p) Tiny Berman(b) Frank Carlson(d)
Los Angeles, September 28, 1948
You're My Thrill
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You're My Thrill · Mel Powell
The Best Things In Life
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Released on: 2006-01-01
Composer: Unknown
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For Miss Black 〜 Don't Blame Me : Mel Powell (p
VICTORY 9047
FRANCIS
1370 〜 1371
Mel Powell Return of Mel Powell
Mel Powell - Die Violine: A Pierrot Lunaire Setting for Soprano, Piano, and Violin
From the album Six Recent Works. Released in 1988 by Musicmasters (US).
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Piano – Mel Powell; Soprano Vocals – Judith Bettina; Violin – Yoko Matsuda
Homage to Fats
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Homage to Fats · Mel Powell
I Love a Piano
℗ Esquire Records
Released on: 2021-12-14
Artist: Mel Powell
Piano, Composer: Mel Powell
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Bunny Hug (Mel Powell Out On a Limb)
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Bunny Hug (Mel Powell Out On a Limb) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on: 2012-07
Powell - Electronic Setting 1 ( 1961 Experimental Noise/Abstract/Musiqe Concrete)
http://www.discogs.com/Mel-Powell-Milton-Babbitt-Music-Of-Mel-Powell-Milton-Babbitt/release/6390399
Mel Powell - Cuban Pete
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My Last Millionaire (The Mel Powell Bandstand)
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My Last Millionaire (The Mel Powell Bandstand) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
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Milton Babbitt, A Solo Requiem Part One Bethany Beardslee, soprano
My Solo Requiem returns me to 1952, and my first meeting with a prodigious, teen-age Godfrey Winham in Salzburg. Two years later he left England to enter Princeton, and still later became Bethany's second husband. Her first had been that remarkable music
Milton Babbitt, A Solo Requiem Part Two Bethany Beardslee, soprano
My Solo Requiem returns me to 1952, and my first meeting with a prodigious, teen-age Godfrey Winham in Salzburg. Two years later he left England to enter Princeton, and still later became Bethany's second husband. Her first had been that remarkable music
Gone With the Wind (Mel Powell Out On a Limb)
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Gone With the Wind (Mel Powell Out On a Limb) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on
Homage to Debussy
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Homage to Debussy · Mel Powell
I Love a Piano
℗ Esquire Records
Released on: 2021-12-14
Artist: Mel Powell
Piano, Composer: Mel Powell
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
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Mel Powell - Computer Prelude
From the album Six Recent Works. Released in 1988 by Musicmasters (US).
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Mel Powell - Madrigal For Flute Alone
From the album Six Recent Works . Released in 1988 by Musicmasters (US).
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Flute – Rachel Rudich
Don't Blame Me
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Don't Blame Me · Mel Powell
That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950), Vol. 4 (1946-1951)
℗ 2011 West Hill Radio Archives
Released on: 2011-10-04
Artist: Mel Powell
Composer: Jimmy McHugh
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Milton Babbitt, A Solo Requiem Part Three Bethany Beardslee, soprano
My Solo Requiem returns me to 1952, and my first meeting with a prodigious, teen-age Godfrey Winham in Salzburg. Two years later he left England to enter Princeton, and still later became Bethany's second husband. Her first had been that remarkable music
Beale St. Blues (Mel Powell Out On a Limb)
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Beale St. Blues (Mel Powell Out On a Limb) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on: 2
Mel Powell: Haiku Settings (1960)
Mel Powell (1923-1998): Haiku Settings, per soprano e pianoforte (1960) -- Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Cheryl Seltzer, pianoforte
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The Best Thing for You Would Be Me (Mel Powell Out On a Limb)
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The Best Thing for You Would Be Me (Mel Powell Out On a Limb) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID
For 'Miss Black'
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For 'Miss Black' · Mel Powell · M. Powell · M. Powell
L'histoire du piano jazz, Vol. 2
℗ Universe
Released on: 2014-01-01
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You're Lucky to Me (Mel Powell Out On a Limb)
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You're Lucky to Me (Mel Powell Out On a Limb) · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on
Mel Powell: Filigree Settings for String Quartet (1959)
Mell Powell (1923-1998): Filigree Settings for String Quartet (1959) -- The Sequoia String Quartet
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Concerted Piece for Tape Recorder and Orchestra
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Concerted Piece for Tape Recorder and Orchestra · Various Artists · Otto Luening · Vladimir Ussachevsky · Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra · José Serebrier
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2010
You're Lucky to Me from Mel Powell Septet
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You're Lucky to Me from Mel Powell Septet · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on: 20
Mel Powell: Three Synthesizer Settings (1979/1980)
Mel Powell (1923-1998): Three Synthesizer Settings (1979/1980)
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Of Wood And Brass
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Of Wood And Brass · Vladimir Ussachevsky
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2007 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
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Wireless Fantasy
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Wireless Fantasy · Vladimir Ussachevsky
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2007 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
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It's Been So Long from Mel Powell Septet
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It's Been So Long from Mel Powell Septet · Mel Powell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Borderline / Thigamagig / Mel Powell Out On A Limb / The Mel Powell Bandstand) (Remastered)
℗ 2012 AVID Ltd
Released on: 201
Events for Tape Recorder
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Events for Tape Recorder · Mel Powell · Mildred Dunnock · Lee Bowman · Martha Scott
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2010 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
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Improvisation
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Improvisation · Mel Powell · Ward Davenny · Keith Wilson · David Schwartz
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2010 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
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Second Electronic Setting
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Second Electronic Setting · Various Artists · Otto Luening · Vladimir Ussachevsky · Mel Powell
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2010 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
Two Prayer Settings
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Two Prayer Settings · Mel Powell · New York Chamber Soloists · Charles Bressler
Music of Luening, Ussachevsky & Powell
℗ 2010 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2010-07-15
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Mel Powell: Etude 1957
Mel Powell (1923-1998): Etude (1957).
Yvar Mikhashoff, pianoforte.
Cover image: painting by Patrick Henry Bruce.
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