Angel Eyes (Stanley Cowell album)

Angel Eyes
Studio album by
Stanley Cowell
Released1994
RecordedApril 1993 in Klampenborg, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length60:28
LabelSteepleChase SCCD 31339
ProducerNils Winther
Stanley Cowell chronology
Bright Passion
(1993) 		Angel Eyes
(1994) 		Live at Copenhagen Jazz House
(1993)

Angel Eyes is a solo piano album by Stanley Cowell recorded in Denmark in 1993 and first released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1995.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

AllMusic said the album was "Neither cabaret snooze nor avant-garde experiments, these nine piano solos are sublime, low-key mainstream jazz."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "A solid hour of flawless piano jazz."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Cowell except as indicated

  1. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) – 7:39
  2. "Morning Star" (Rodgers Grant) – 6:14
  3. "Sendai Sendoff" – 5:23
  4. "Imagine" (John Lennon) – 6:14
  5. "Eronel" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:36
  6. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 7:57
  7. "Akua" – 6:52
  8. "The Ladder" – 8:41
  9. "Abscretion" – 5:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Stanley Cowell discography accessed April 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Stanley Cowell catalog accessed April 7, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Mason, Stuart. Angel Eyes – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.