Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)

1976 studio album by Stanley Cowell

Regeneration

Studio album by

Stanley Cowell

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
Stanley Cowell chronology
| Handscapes 2
(1975)  | Regeneration
(1976)  | Waiting for the Moment
(1977)

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

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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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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* 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

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1. ^ Stanley Cowell discography accessed January 5, 2015
2. ^ a b 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.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Blues for the Viet Cong (1969)
* Brilliant Circles (1969)
* Illusion Suite (1972)
* Musa: Ancestral Streams (1973)
* Handscapes 2 (with Ron Burton, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith, 1974)
* Regeneration (1975)
* Waiting for the Moment (1977)
* Equipoise (1978)
* New World (1981)
* We Three (with Freddie Waits and Buster Williams, 1987)
* Back to the Beautiful (1989)
* Sienna (1989)
* Close to You Alone (1990)
* Angel Eyes (1993)
* Setup (1993)

Live albums|

* Handscapes (with Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Danny Mixon, and Sonelius Smith, 1972)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Five (1990)
* Live at Copenhagen Jazz House (1993)

Related articles|

* Strata-East Records

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Jimmy Heath

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

As leader
or co-leader|

* The Thumper (1959)
* Really Big! (1960)
* The Quota (1961)
* Triple Threat (1962)
* Swamp Seed (1963)
* On the Trail (1964)
* Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
* The Gap Sealer (1972)
* Love and Understanding (1973)
* The Time and the Place (1974)
* Picture of Heath (1975)
* New Picture (1985)
* Peer Pleasure (1987)
* You've Changed (1991)
* Little Man Big Band (1992)
* You or Me (1995)

With
Art Farmer|

* The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (Mosaic, 1966)
* The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
* The Time and the Place (Columbia, 1967)
* Homecoming (1971)

With
Milt Jackson|

* Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
* Statements (1961)
* Vibrations (1961)
* Big Bags (1962)
* Invitation (1962)
* Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
* Jazz 'n' Samba (1963)
* In a New Setting (1964)
* Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
* Born Free (1966)
* Olinga (1974)

With
others|

* That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960)
* Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
* Regeneration (Stanley Cowell, 1975)
* Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953)
* Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953)
* Showboat (Kenny Dorham, 1960)
* Black Drops (Charles Earland, 1970)
* Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
* Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
* The Quota (Red Garland, 1971)
* Kwanza (The First) (Albert Heath, 1973)
* Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)
* Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961)
* Jay Hawk Talk (Carmell Jones, 1965)
* The Soul Society (Sam Jones, 1960)
* The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961)
* Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
* Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965)
* Blue Soul (Blue Mitchell, 1959)
* A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
* MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994)
* Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960)
* Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970)
* New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
* Turned to Blue (Nancy Wilson, released 2006)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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