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Stanley Cowell - Regeneration - 180g LP
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Pure Pleasure - SES 19765 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue
Audiophile Mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering London
Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas Germany - Strata-East – SES-19765
AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Absolute masterpiece from the legendary Strata East catalogue. Highly regarded and incredibly sought after. Absolutely essential title.
Expertly mastered by Ray Staff and pressed on the best Pallas 180 gm Vinyl.
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Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
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 its own small pleasures, provides a snapshot of some of the cross-fertilization in genres occurring at the time.
• Re-mastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering!
Musicians:
Stanley Cowell, piano, synthesizer, Kora
Ed Blackwell, percussion (water drum), drums
Marion Brown, flute, (wooden fife)
Jimmy Heath, soprano saxophone,
Jerry Venable, guitar
Aleke Kanonu, drums (bass)
Bill Lee, bass
Charles Fowlkes, bass, vocals
Psyche Wanzandae, flute, harmonica
Billy Higgins, drums (snare)
Nadi Quamar, percussion, harp
Selections:
Side A:
1. Trying To Find A Way
2. The Gembhre
3. Shimmy Shewobble
4. Parlour Blues
Side B:
1. Thank You My People
2. Travelin' Man
3. Lullabye
Recorded at Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, April 27, 1975. Mastered at Generation Sound, N.Y.C.
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