Mr. Cowell, who had homes in Upper Marlboro, Md., and Camden, Del., expanded the vocabulary of jazz with an approach that was simultaneously cerebral and earthy. Mr. Cowell had one foot firmly in the jazz tradition and another in the avant-garde. Reserved and dignified in his manner, Mr. Cowell could play the piano with a blend of exuberance and introspection. “I thought it was a possibility that hadn’t been exploited in modern jazz,” Mr. Cowell told The Washington Post in 2000. In October 2019, Mr. Cowell appeared for several days at Baltimore’s Keystone Korner jazz club with a quintet — and his daughter Sunny on vocals.

Source: Washington Post December 20, 2020 15:56 UTC