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Mel Powell

Mel Powell is credited on 772 releases across 202 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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772

Pressings credited

202

Albums

8

Decades active

25

In collections

Biography

Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts. He served as a music educator for over 40 years, first at Mannes College of Music and Queens College, then Yale University, and finally at CalArts. During his early career he worked as a jazz pianist. His classic Big Band compositions include "Mission to Moscow", "My Guy's Come Back", "Clarinade", "The Earl", and "Bubble Bath".

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Credited work

772 releases · 202 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 1,239
  • Other credits · 39

Studios: Webster Hall · Plaza Sound Studios · Philharmonic Auditorium · Basin Street Night Club

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