Stanley Cowell
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| Stanley Cowell | |
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 Stanley Cowell playing with The Heath Brothers in Rockefeller Center, June 1977 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 5, 1941 Toledo, Ohio,  United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Associated acts | Roland Kirk, Marion Brown, Charles Tolliver, Max Roach ... |
Stanley Cowell (born May 5, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label. He played with Roland Kirk while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and later with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz.[1] Cowell played with trumpeter Charles Moore and others in the Detroit Artist's Workshop Jazz Ensemble in 1965-66. During the late 1980s Cowell was part of a regular quartet led by J.J. Johnson.[2] Cowell teaches in the Music Department of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- 1969: Blues for the Viet Cong (also released as Travellin' Man on Black Lion Records)
- 1969: Brilliant Circles
- 1974: Musa: Ancestral Streams
- 1975: Regeneration
- 1977: Waiting for the Moment
- 1978: Equipoise
- 1978: Talkin' 'bout Love
- 1981: New World
- 1989: Sienna
- 1993: Angel Eyes
- 1994: Departure 2
- 1994: Games
- 1995: Setup
- 1995: Bright Passion
- 1995: Mandara Blossoms
- 1995: Live
- 1997: Hear Me One
- 1987: We Three
- 1990: Close to You Alone
- Other labels
- 1972: Illusion Suite (ECM, 1973)
- 1985: Live at Cafe Des Copains
- 1989: Back to the Beautiful (Concord Jazz)
- 1990: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5 (Concord Jazz)
- 1999: Dancers in Love
[edit] As sideman
With Marion Brown
- Why Not? (1966)
- Three for Shepp (1966)
With The Heath Brothers
- Marchin' On (1975)
With Johnny Griffin
- Birds and Ballads (1978)
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Art Pepper
- Art Pepper Today (1978)
- Winter Moon (1980)
- One September Afternoon (1980)
[edit] References
- ^ Fairweather, Digby; Ian Carr; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. p. 286.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Bebop. p. 92.
[edit] External links
- Fairweather, Digby; Ian Carr; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. ISBN 1843532565. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59279592&referer=brief_results.
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312113579. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30516743&referer=brief_results.
- Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Miller Freeman. ISBN 0879306084. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43785763&referer=brief_results.
- Rutgers U site
