associated_acts death_date years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
benny band goodman , glenn miller 's army air force 24 april 1998 1939 -- 88 new york city , united states mel powell non_vocal_instrumentalist 12 february 1923 piano jazz swing music/big band classical mel powell.jpg mel powell
 melvin epstein musician , arranger , composer , music educator
mel powell

mel powell -lrb- born melvin epstein -rrb- -lrb- february 12 , 1923 -- april 24 , 1998 -rrb- was an american jazz pianist , composer of classical music , and music educator .
he won the pulitzer prize for music in 1990 .
powell was the founding dean of the music department at the california institute of the arts .
