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Ohio-born and classically-trained pianist
Stanley Cowell (1941),
who relocated to New York in 1966 and played with Marion Brown (1966-67), Max Roach (1967-70), Bobby Hutcherson (1968-71) and Charles Tolliver (1969-71),
crafted cerebral and occasionally romantic compositions that straddled the border between hard bop and free jazz on
Blues for the Viet Cong (june 1969), in a trio, such as
the seven-minute Departure,
the eight-minute The Shuttle and
the nine-minute Photon In A Paper World,
Brilliant Circles (september 1969), including the
15-minute Brilliant Circles, for a sextet with
trumpeter Woody Shaw, Tyrone Washington on tenor, flute and clarinet, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers,
and
Illusion Suite (november 1972), in a trio, containing even more elegant
and complex pieces such as
Maimoun, Emil Danenberg and Astral Spiritual.
Cowell then formed a keyboard ensemble, the Piano Choir Inc,
documented on two volumes of Handscapes (1973 and 1974).
After wasting a quartet with alto saxophonist Marion Brown, bassist Billy Higgins and drummer Ed Blackwell playing Afro-soul-jazz-rock fusion on Regeneration (april 1975), and playing standards on electronic keyboards,
Cowell returned to the trio format
for Equipoise (november 1978), that contained Equipoise and featured
bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Roy Haynes,
and Sienna (july 1989), with Sienna, Sweet Song and I Think It's Time To Say Goodbye Again.
The solo-piano albums were always inferior collections of assorted covers and (recycled) originals that rarely stood out.
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