Stanley Cowell Trio Games

Stanley Cowell Trio - Illusion Suite (1972) {ECM Japan POCJ-2793 rel 1999}
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© 1972, 1999 ECM Records | Japan Issue | POCJ-2793
Jazz / Post Bop / Hard Bop / Piano Trio

Six trio selections by the Stanley Cowell Trio, featuring Stanley Clarke on bass and Jimmy Hopps on skins. Elastic and flowing best describe the mellow "Maimoun"; Cowell's crisp keyboarding is determined and feisty, and Clarke's dark, moody bass solo consummates the excursion. Cowell and Clarke display amazing technique on "Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha," and Hopps' impressionistic drumming is head clearing.

A superb modern jazz pianist, Stanley Cowell is a highly regarded artist whose work often pushes the boundaries of forward-thinking hard bop without ever falling into completely avant-garde territory. 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. In 1971, Cowell co-founded the record label Strata-East with trumpeter Charles Tolliver. The label would become one of the most successful Black-led, independent labels of its day. During the late 1980s, Cowell was part of a regular quartet led by J.J. Johnson.

Stanley Cowell - Travellin' Man (1969) {Black Lion BLCD760178 rel 1992}
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© 1969, 1992 Black Lion | BLCD760178
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Piano Trio

Stanley Cowell is simply dazzling throughout most of these 1969 trio sessions made for Black Lion, excelling as a composer and pianist. He's accompanied by the sympathetic playing of bassist Steve Novosel and drummer Jimmy Hopps. The tantalizing opener, "Departure," constantly shifts gears in a driving post-bop setting, as Novosel's droning arco bass and Hopps' over the top percussion contrast with the beauty of the leader's ballad "Sweet Song." The gorgeous and understated jazz waltz "Wedding March" was actually composed for the entry of the bridesmaids at the composer's nuptials.

Stanley Cowell - Games (1991) {SteepleChase SCCD-31293}
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© 1991 SteepleChase | SCCD-31293
Jazz / Post Bop / Hard Bop / Piano

… an excellent showcase for Stanley Cowell as composer as well as pianist. …a style rooted in McCoy Tyner’s muscularity with a more measured classical grace added…full of technical virtuosity …