Stanley Cowell
American musician (1941–2020)
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
change- ↑ Collar, Matt. "Stanley Cowell". AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. Bebop. p. 92.
- ↑ 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.