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Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79
His playing consolidated generations of musical history. He was also a composer, an educator and the founder of an important artist-run record label.
The pianist and composer Stanley Cowell in performance at the Beacon Theater in New York in 2017. He was known for his adaptability and his vast command of the jazz language.Credit.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Published Dec. 20, 2020Updated Dec. 28, 2020
Stanley Cowell, a pianist, composer, record-label impresario and educator who brought a technician’s attention to detail and a theorist’s sophistication to his more than 50-year career as a jazz bandleader, died on Friday in Dover, Del. He was 79.
Stanley Cowell, versatile and innovative jazz pianist, dies at 79
Matt Schudel, The Washington Post
Dec. 20, 2020
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Pianist Stanley Cowell.Natalie Elliot
Stanley Cowell, a jazz pianist of remarkable virtuosity and range, whose music borrowed from his interest in African, classical and experimental styles while remaining in the mainstream tradition, died Dec. 17 at a hospital in Dover, Del. He was 79.
The cause was hypovolemic shock, a sudden loss of blood and other vital fluids, said his wife, Sylvia Cowell.
Cowell, who had homes in Upper Marlboro, Md., and Camden, Del., expanded the vocabulary of jazz with an approach that was simultaneously cerebral and earthy. He had more than 30 recordings as a leader and appeared on recordings and in performance with countless major jazz figures.