Stanley Cowell - Regeneration 1976

One of the greatest records ever recorded by pianist Stanley Cowell – one of the leading lights of the legendary Strata East label! Stanley's working here with a great cast of musicians that includes Ed Blackwell, Marion Brown, Bill Lee, and Nadi Quamar – in varying assemblages from track to track, creating a warm batch of spiritual grooves, topped off by the classic "Travelin' Man", a beautifully mellow number done with thumb piano and vocals, almost in a Heath Brothers Strata mode! Other tracks include "Lullabye", "Thank You My People", "Trying To Find A Way", and "The Gehmbhre" – and the whole album's very solid!


1 Trying To Find A Way (3:49)

Acoustic Guitar - Jerry Venable
Drums [Bass] - Aleke Kanonu
Drums [Snare], Cymbal [Ride] - Billy Higgins
Percussion [Water Drum] - Ed Blackwell
Piano, Synthesizer - Stanley Cowell
Vocals - Charles Fowlkes* , Glenda Barnes
Written-By - Cowell* , McLaughlin*

2 The Gembhre (4:30)

Bass - Bill Lee (2)
Kora - Stanley Cowell
Other [Mama-lekimbe], Percussion - Nadi Quamar
Written-by, Other [Gembhre] - Billy Higgins

3 Shimmy Shewobble (4:00)

Drums [Bass] - Aleke Kanonu
Drums [Parade] - Ed Blackwell
Drums [Snare] - Billy Higgins
Written-by, Flute [Wooden Fife] - Marion Brown

4 Parlour Blues (5:00)
Harmonica - Psyche Wanzandae
Piano - Stanley Cowell
Written-By - Wanzandae* , Cowell*

5 Thank You My People (8:30)

Bass [Electric] - Charles Fowlkes*
Flute - Psyche Wanzandae
Kora - Stanley Cowell
Overtone Voice [Ibo Chanting] - Aleke Kanonu
Percussion - Billy Higgins , Ed Blackwell
Saxophone [Soprano] - Jimmy Heath
Vocals - Kareema (2)
Wind [Zuna] - John Stubblefield
Written-By - Kanonu* , Cowell*

6 Travelin' Man (4:00)

Flute - Jimmy Heath
Flute [Wooden] - Marion Brown
Kalimba [Mbira] - Stanley Cowell
Percussion - Billy Higgins
Vocals - Charles Fowlkes* , Kareema (2)
Written-By - Fowlkes* , Cowell*

7 Lullabye (5:45)

Double Bass - Bill Lee (2)
Flute [Alto] - Jimmy Heath
Harp [Madagascan Harp] - Nadi Quamar
Kora - Stanley Cowell
Other [Gembhre] - Billy Higgins
Vocals - Charles Fowlkes* , Kareema (2)
Written-By - Venable* , Cowell* , McLaughlin*