Stanley Cowell -Regeneration -Pure Pleasure LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Trying to Find a Way

1.2 The Gembhre

1.3 Shimmy Shewabble

1.4 Parlour Blues

1.5 Thank You My People

1.6 Travelin' Man

1.7 Lullabye

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Regeneration by Stanley Cowell, released 26 July 2018, includes the following tracks: "Shimmy Shewobble", "Thank You My People", "Lullabye" and more. This version of Regeneration comes as a 1xLP. The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. -

Around the time of this recording, Stanley Cowell had achieved a degree of prominence as the pianist for the advanced bop quartet Music Inc., which he co-led with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, as well as for unusual projects like his Piano Choir. With Regeneration he chose another path, essentially trying to produce a jazz-infused pop album with strong African roots, perhaps owing a little bit to Stevie Wonder. He assembled an extremely strong cast of musicians for the venture, including Marion Brown, Billy Higgins, and Ed Blackwell, as well as several African string and percussion masters and, by and large, succeeded conceptually if not commercially. A few songs use vocals in a fairly standard pop framework, and, while they are performed capably enough, the lyrical content leaves something to be desired in typical mid-'70s fashion. But much of the rest of the music makes up for this with, among other things, a delightful fife and drum piece by Brown and strong bass work by Bill Lee (Spike's dad). Regeneration is an interesting, often enjoyable album which, aside from it's own small pleasures, provides a snapshot of some of the cross-fertilization in genres occurring at the time.

A1, A4-B3: Stanco Publishing - BMI A2: Inja Music - BMI A3: Nia Publishing - ASCAP Recorded at Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, April 27, 1975. Mastered at Generation Sound, N.Y.C. Artist credited as Regeneration feat. Stanley Cowell on the cover and only as Stanley Cowell on the labels.

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SES19765

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