Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)

Regeneration
Studio album by Stanley Cowell
Released	1976
Recorded	April 27, 1975
Studio	Minot Studios, White Plains, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:34
Label	Strata-East SES-19765
Producer	Stanley Cowell and Viki McLaughlin
Stanley Cowell chronology
Handscapes 2 (1975) Regeneration (1976) Waiting for the Moment (1977)

Regeneration is an album by Stanley Cowell recorded in 1975 and first released on the Strata-East label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "Regeneration is an interesting, often enjoyable album which, aside from its own small pleasures, provides a snapshot of some of the cross-fertilization in genres occurring at the time". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Trying to Find a Way" (Stanley Cowell, Viki-Maimoun McLaughlin) – 3:49
2. "The Gembhre" (Billy Higgins) – 4:30
3. "Shimmy Shewobble" (Marion Brown) – 4:00
4. "Parlour Blues" (Stanley Cowell, Aleke Kanonu) – 5:00
5. "Thank You My People" (Cowell, Kanonu) – 8:30
6. Travelin' Man" (Cowell, Curtis Fowlkes) – 4:00
7. "Lullabye" (Cowell, McLaughlin, Jerry Venable) – 5:45

Personnel

• Stanley Cowell – piano, synthesizer, kora, mbira
• Marion Brown – wooden flute (tracks 3 & 6)
• Jimmy Heath – soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute (tracks 5–7)
• John Stubblefield – zurna (track 5)
• Jerry Venable – acoustic guitar (track 1)
• Psyche Wanzandae – harmonica, flute (tracks 4 & 5)
• Bill Lee – bass (tracks 2, 6 & 7)
• Aleke Kanonu – bass drum, vocals (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Billy Higgins – drums, gembhre, percussion (tracks 1–3, 5 & 7)
• Ed Blackwell – water drum, parade drum, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Nadi Qamar – mama-lekimbe, percussion, Madigascan harp (tracks 2, 6 & 7)
• Charles Fowlkes – vocals, electric bass (tracks 1, 5 7 6)
• Glenda Barnes (track 1), Kareema (tracks 6 & 7) – vocals

References

1. Stanley Cowell discography accessed January 5, 2015
2. Olewnick, Brian. Regeneration – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 5, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 52. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.