Pianist Mel Powell

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Pianist

Mel Powell

Living place: New York

Birthday: 12-2-1923 (101 years old)

Population of US 1923: 111,947,000

Global rank: #76757

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Pianist Mel Powell profile

Who is Pianist Mel Powell?
. Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Music and founding dean of the California Institute of Musical Arts
He struggled to complete Replica: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Due to Dystrophy his muscles, which affect both his legs and arms. He ended up winning Pulitzer for this work.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was an avid baseball fan as a guy and dreamed of a career with the New York Yankees. He loves his baseball player, however, and embraces music across the sport as a result.

Family life info

His brother watched jazz pianist Teddy Wilson play, prompting him to pursue a career in jazz rather than a concert.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Pianist Mel Powell?
He wrote arrangements for Earl Hines Fatha in 1939, one of his first professional gigs.

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Summary of Mel Powell profile

When was Pianist Mel Powell born?
Mel Powell birthday 12-2-1923 (at the age of 101).
Where is Pianist Mel Powell's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mel Powell was born in New York, . is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Mel Powell's global rank is 76757 and whose rank is 408 in list of famous Pianist. Population of US in 1923 is about 111,947,000 persons.
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Events in 1923 and 12-2

Events in US in the birth year of Mel Powell

  • President Warren G. Harding suddenly falls ill (July 28) while returning from a trip to Alaska and is rushed to San Francisco, where he dies on Aug. 2.
  • The second Ku Klux Klan movement in U.S. history grows, stirring widespread controversy and violence.

Birthday Mel Powell (12-2) in history

  • Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
  • Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
  • Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
  • Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
  • Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
  • Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
  • Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
  • Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
  • Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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