| Handscapes 2 | ||||
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| Studio album by The Piano Choir | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August - December 1974 at Minot Studios, White Plains, N.Y. | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Strata-East SES-19750 | |||
| Producer | The Piano Choir | |||
| Stanley Cowell chronology | ||||
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| The Piano Choir chronology | ||||
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Handscapes 2 is an album by The Piano Choir featuring Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos simply states "more of the same". [2]
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