Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)

Musa: Ancestral Streams
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)Handscapes 21975 Regeneration (1976) Waiting for the Moment (1977)Waiting for the Moment1977

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review 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

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

• 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 - zuna (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 Quamar - 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