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- Birth nameStanley Allen Cowell
- Stanley Cowell was born on May 5, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for Ragtime (1981), She's Gotta Have It (1986) and School Daze (1988). He was married to Sylvia Potts and Victoria. He died on December 17, 2020 in Dover, Delaware, USA.
- SpousesSylvia Potts(? - December 25, 2020) (his death, 1 child)Victoria (divorced, 1 child)
- He was a jazz pianist and composer who worked with Miles Davis, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and Stan Getz, among others. He was influenced by African, classical and avant-garde music.
- He was on the faculty of New York's Lehman College and Rutgers University.
- His parents owned a restaurant and a hotel that welcomed visiting Black musicians. He showed early talent on the piano. At age 6 he met fellow Toledo native Art Tatum, a jazz piano legend. He graduated from the music conservatory at Oberlin College, and studied at several other schools, including the Mozarteum University Salzburg. He received a master's degree in classical piano performance from the University of Michigan, then went to New York to pursue his jazz career.
- Co-founder of Strata-East Records with Charles Tolliver.
- Has two daughters, Sunny, and Sienna and two grandchildren.
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