Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)

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Regeneration
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Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedApril 27, 1975, at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York
Genre Jazz
Length35:34
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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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

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References

  1. Stanley Cowell discography accessed January 5, 2015
  2. 1 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.