Mel Powell

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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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Bird And Pres: The '46 Concerts

  1977

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  All-Time Greatest Hits

  1972

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  Benny Goodman's Greatest Hits

  1966

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  Paris 1945

  1968

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  Mostly Sextets

  1950

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  Touch

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  B.G. In Hi-Fi

  1955

Credited work

946 releases · 202 albums · active 1950–2025

• Performance · 1,637
• Other credits · 70
• Production · 4

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

Frequent collaborators

• Benny Goodman
• Various
• Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
• Glenn Miller And The Army Air Force Band
• Jazz At The Philharmonic
• Glenn Miller
• Charlie Parker
• Benny Goodman Sextet

Around the web

• Wikipedia