Stanley Cowell

Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist. He was the co-founder of the Strata-East Records label. Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio.[1]

During the late 1980s, Cowell was part of a regular quartet led by J.J. Johnson.[2] Cowell taught in the Music Department of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Cowell died at a hospital in Dover, Delaware from hypovolemic shock-related problems on December 17, 2020 at the age of 79.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Stanley Cowell". AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Yanow, Scott. Bebop. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Chinen, Nate (18 December 2020). "Stanley Cowell, Pianist, Composer and Educator with a Kaleidoscopic View of Jazz, Is Dead at 79". WBGO. Retrieved 18 December 2020.