Handscapes 2

Handscapes 2
Studio album by The Piano Choir
Released 1975
Recorded August - December 1974 at Minot Studios, White Plains, N.Y.
Genre Jazz
Label Strata-East SES-19750
Producer The Piano Choir
Stanley Cowell chronology

Musa: Ancestral Streams
(1974)
Handscapes 2
(1975)
Regeneration
(1976)
The Piano Choir chronology
Handscapes
(1973)
Handscapes 2
(1975)
Handscapes 95
(1995)

Handscapes is an album by The Piano Choir featuring Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]

In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos simply states "more of the same".[2]

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Ballad for the Beast from Bali-Bali" (Hugh Lawson) - 7:04
  2. "The Need to Smile" (Sonelius Smith) - 6:24
  3. "Barbara Ann" (Webster Lewis) - 4:47

Side B:

  1. "In What Direction Are You Headed" (Harold Mabern) - 6:30
  2. "Prayer for Peace" (Stanley Cowell) - 8:45

Personnel

References

  1. Stanley Cowell discography accessed January 20, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nastos, Michael G.. Handscapes 2 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2015.