STANLEY COWELL

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Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label.

Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano around the age of four, and became interested in jazz after seeing Art Tatum at the age of six. Tatum was a family friend.

After high school, Cowell studied at Oberlin College and the University of Michigan. During his time at college he played with jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, which proved to be formative for the pianist. He moved to New York in the mid-1960s.

Cowell played with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz. Cowell played with trumpeter Charles Moore and others in the Detroit Artist's Workshop Jazz Ensemble in 1965–66.

During the late 1980s, Cowell was part of a regular quartet led by J.J. Johnson. Cowell taught in the Music Department
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STANLEY COWELL Blues For The Viet Cong (aka Travellin' Man) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues For The Viet Cong (aka Travellin' Man)
Post Bop 1969
STANLEY COWELL Brilliant Circles album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Brilliant Circles
Avant-Garde Jazz 1972
STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell Trio : Illusion Suite album cover 4.89 | 4 ratings
Stanley Cowell Trio : Illusion Suite
Fusion 1973
STANLEY COWELL Musa: Ancestral Streams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Musa: Ancestral Streams
Post Bop 1974
STANLEY COWELL Regeneration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Regeneration
Post Bop 1976
STANLEY COWELL Talkin' 'Bout Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Talkin' 'Bout Love
Post Bop 1977
STANLEY COWELL Waiting For The Moment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Waiting For The Moment
Post Bop 1977
STANLEY COWELL Equipoise album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Equipoise
Post Bop 1979
STANLEY COWELL New World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New World
Post Bop 1981
STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman & Billy Hart : Such Great Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stanley Cowell, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman & Billy Hart : Such Great Friends
Avant-Garde Jazz 1983
STANLEY COWELL We Three album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
We Three
Post Bop 1987
STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell Trio ‎: Sienna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stanley Cowell Trio ‎: Sienna
Post Bop 1989
STANLEY COWELL Back To Be Beatiful album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Back To Be Beatiful
Post Bop 1989
STANLEY COWELL Close To You Alone album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Close To You Alone
Post Bop 1990
STANLEY COWELL Departure #2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Departure #2
Post Bop 1990
STANLEY COWELL Games album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Games
Post Bop 1991
STANLEY COWELL Bright Passion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bright Passion
Post Bop 1993
STANLEY COWELL Setup album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Setup
Post Bop 1994
STANLEY COWELL Angel Eyes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Angel Eyes
Post Bop 1994
STANLEY COWELL Mandara Blossoms album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mandara Blossoms
Post Bop 1996
STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell Quartet ‎: Hear Me One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stanley Cowell Quartet ‎: Hear Me One
Post Bop 1997
STANLEY COWELL Dancers in Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dancers in Love
Post Bop 2000
STANLEY COWELL Prayer For Peace album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Prayer For Peace
Post Bop 2010
STANLEY COWELL It's Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's Time
Post Bop 2012
STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell & Emphatlectrik 4et : Welcome To This New World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stanley Cowell & Emphatlectrik 4et : Welcome To This New World
Post Bop 2013
STANLEY COWELL Are You Real? album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Are You Real?
Post Bop 2014
STANLEY COWELL Juneteenth album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Juneteenth
Post Bop 2015
STANLEY COWELL Reminiscent plus a Xmas Suite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Reminiscent plus a Xmas Suite
Post Bop 2015
STANLEY COWELL No Illusions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No Illusions
Post Bop 2017

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STANLEY COWELL Stanley Cowell - Dave Burrell ‎: Questions/Answers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stanley Cowell - Dave Burrell ‎: Questions/Answers
Avant-Garde Jazz 1974
STANLEY COWELL Live At Cafe Des Copains album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Cafe Des Copains
Post Bop 1985
STANLEY COWELL Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Five album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Five
Post Bop 1990
STANLEY COWELL Live at Copenhagen Jazz House album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Copenhagen Jazz House
Post Bop 1995
STANLEY COWELL Live at Keystone Korner Baltimore album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Keystone Korner Baltimore
Hard Bop 2020

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