Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)
1976 studio album by Stanley Cowell
Regeneration Released 1976 Recorded April 27, 1975, at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York Genre Jazz Length 35 :34 Label Strata-East SES-19765 Producer Stanley Cowell and Viki McLaughlin
Regeneration is an album by Stanley Cowell recorded in 1975 and first released on the Strata-East label.[ 1]
Reception
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
"Trying to Find a Way" (Stanley Cowell, Viki-Maimoun McLaughlin) – 3:49
"The Gembhre" (Billy Higgins) – 4:30
"Shimmy Shewobble" (Marion Brown) – 4:00
"Parlour Blues" (Stanley Cowell, Aleke Kanonu) – 5:00
"Thank You My People" (Cowell, Kanonu) – 8:30
Travelin' Man" (Cowell, Curtis Fowlkes) – 4:00
"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
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