"Jazz Mission: Mel Powell in the 1940s"

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This recent tribute to pianist Mel Powell, who enjoyed a brilliant jazz career in the 1940s before working primarily in an academic classical realm for the rest of his life, is now up for online listening:

Jazz Mission: Mel Powell in the 1940s

... Powell also made several fine jazz albums for the Vanguard label in the mid-1950s that may be the subject of a future program.  The 1940s offered so much musical ground to cover that I decided to stick to that particular decade for this episode.

 

Edited November 11, 2024 by ghost of miles

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Up for Veterans Day (Powell served as a member of Glenn Miller's World War II military band, which is touched upon in the program) and because we re-aired it last week:

Jazz Mission: Mel Powell in the 1940s

...and eagerly anticipating the eventual Mosaic set of 1950s Vanguard pianists, which will include a good deal of Powell material.