
Born 12 February 1923 in New York, Mel Powell began his musical life as a prodigious jazz artist, working as pianist and arranger with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and later, the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. Soon, however, a strong compositional instinct prompted his matriculation at Yale University, where he studied with Paul Hindemith. Under Hindemith, and throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, Powell composed primarily in a neoclassic style producing such works as the Cantilena Concertante for English horn and orchestra
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s Wonderful
Rosetta
It's Been So Long
Stompin' At The Savoy
I Can't Get Started
Anything Goes
You'Re Lucky To Me
's Wonderful
Beale Street Blues
Three Little Words
Makin' Whoopie
When A Woman Loves A Man
Button Up Your Overcoat
Jubilee
If Dreams Come True
Don't Blame Me
Hommage à Debussy
Homage to Debussy
Lover Man
Ezz-May
California Here I Come
Homage to Fats
Ain't She Sweet
Poor Miss Black
Setting for Two Pianos
The Best Things In Life Are Free
Take Me In Your Arms
For Miss Blanc
Pennies From Heaven
You're My Thrill
Liza
Quin and Sonic
Second Electronic Setting
Events for Tape Recorder
Gone With The Wind
Thigamagig
Bunny Hug
Avalon
Improvisation
Firebug
Hallelujah
Two Prayer Settings
Borderline
I Must Have That Man
When Did You Leave Heaven
Stomping At The Savoy
There's A Small Hotel
Cross Your Heart
You Go to My Head
Bouquet
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