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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. ....

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