Jazz Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Stanley Cowell
(News story) Stanley Cowell, who emerged from Toledo to become an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and jazz educator, co-founded an influential music label and, taking a cue from his entrepreneur parents, owned the rights to his compositions, died Thursday in Bayhealth Hospital, Dover, Del. He was 79. Recent health problems resulted in hypovolemic shock, his wife, Sylvia Cowell said. He continued to play and perform until he became ill, his wife said. A recording, Live At...