Stanley Cowell Discography
1969 (age 28)
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano, harpsichord, organ; Reggie Johnson, bass; Joe Chambers, drums.
London, England, January, 1969
| Dave Chant | BYG (F) unissued | |
| Ruth-Less | - | |
| The Killers | - | |
| Unganel | - |
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano, electric piano; Steve Novosel, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums.
Polydor Studios, London, England, June 5 and 6, 1969
| Departure | Polydor (E) 583 740 | |
| Sweet Song | - | |
| The Shuttle | - | |
| You Took Advantage Of Me | - | |
| Blues For The Viet Cong | - | |
| Wedding March | - | |
| Photon In A Paper World | - | |
| Travellin' Man | - |
* Polydor (E) 583 740 Stanley Cowell - Blues For The Viet Cong 1969
= Freedom (E) FLP 40119 - 1974
= Freedom (E) FLP 41032 -
= Arista Freedom AL 1032 - 1977
= Black Lion (G) BLCD 760178 Stanley Cowell - Travellin' Man 1992
Stanley Cowell Sextet
Woody Shaw, trumpet, maracas; Tyrone Washington, tenor sax, flute, clarinet, maracas; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Stanley Cowell, piano; Reggie Workman, bass, electric bass; Joe Chambers, drums.
Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, September 25, 1969
| Brilliant Circles (take 3) | Freedom (E) FLP 40104 | |
| Earthly Heavens | - | |
| Musical Prayers | Black Lion (G) BLCD 760204 | |
| Boo Ann's Grand | Freedom (E) FLP 40104 | |
| Bobby's Tune | - | |
| Brilliant Circles (take 2) | Black Lion (G) BLCD 760204 |
* Freedom (E) FLP 40104 Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles 1972
= Freedom (E) FLP 41009; Arista Freedom AL 1009 -
= Black Lion (G) BLCD 760204 - 1995
1972 (age 31)
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Stanley Clarke, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums.
Sound Ideas Studios, NYC, November 29, 1972
| Maimoun | ECM (G) ECM 1026 | |
| Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha | ECM (G) ECM 1026, (J) PA-4017 | |
| Cal Massey | ECM (G) ECM 1026 | |
| Miss Viki | - | |
| Emil Danenberg | - | |
| Astral Spiritual | - |
* ECM (G) ECM 1026 Stanley Cowell Trio - Illusion Suite 1973
* ECM (J) PA-4017 Various Artists - ECM Special VII - New Music In Piano
1973
Stanley Cowell Solo
Stanley Cowell, piano, electric piano, African thumb piano.
Minot Sound, White Plains, NY, December 10 and 11, 1973
| Abscretions | Strata-East SES-19743 | |
| Equipoise | - | |
| Prayer For Peace | - | |
| Emil Danenberg | - | |
| Maimoun | - | |
| Travelin' Man | - | |
| Departure No. 1 | - | |
| Departure No. 2 | - | |
| Sweet Song | - |
* Strata-East SES-19743 Stanley Cowell - Musa: Ancestral Streams 1974
= Strata-East (J) SECD 9028; Bomba Records (J) BOM542 - 1996
1974
Stanley Cowell - Dave Burrell Duo
Dave Burrell, Stanley Cowell, piano.
Iino Hall, Tokyo, Japan, midnight, December 1, 1974
| Questions | Trio (J) PA-7089 | |
| Answers / Epilog | - |
* Trio (J) PA-7089 Stanley Cowell, Dave Burrell - Questions/Answers 1973
= Art Union (J) ABCJ-310 - 2004
1975
Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell, synthesizer, piano; Jerry Venable, acoustic guitar; Billy Higgins, snare drum, ride cymbal; Aleke Kanonu, bass drum; Ed Blackwell, waterdrum; Glenda Barnes, Charles Fowlkes, vocal.
Minot Sound, White Plains, NY, April 27, 1975
| Trying To Find A Way | Strata-East SES-19765 |
Stanley Cowell, kora; Bill Lee, bass; Billy Higgins, gembhre; Nadi Quamar, mama-lekimbe, percussion.
| The Gembhre | - |
Marion Brown, wooden fife; Ed Blackwell, parade drum; Billy Higgins, snare drum; Aleke Kanonu, bass drum.
| Shimmy Shewobble | - |
Psyche Wanzandae, harmonica; Stanley Cowell, piano.
| Parlour Blues | - |
Psyche Wanzandae, flute; Jimmy Heath, soprano sax; Stanley Cowell, kora; Bill Lee, acoustic bass; Charles Fowlkes, electric bass; Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, miscellaneous percussion; Aleke Kanonu, Ibo Chanting; John Stubblefield, zuna; Kareema, vocal.
| Thank You My People | - |
Jimmy Heath, flute; Marion Brown, wooden flute; Stanley Cowell, mbira; Bill Lee, acoustic bass; Billy Higgins, miscellaneous percussion; Nadi Quamar, mama-lekimbe; Charles Fowlkes, Kareema, vocal.
| Travelin' Man | - |
Jimmy Heath, alto flute; Nadi Quamar, Madagascan harp; Stanley Cowell, kora; Bill Lee, acoustic bass; Billy Higgins, gembhre; Charles Fowlkes, Kareema, vocal.
| Lullabye | - |
* Strata-East SES-19765 Stanley Cowell - Regeneration 1976
1977
Stanley Cowell Solo
Stanley Cowell, piano.
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, July 6-8, 1977
| Ragtime (From "The Afro-American Suite Of Evolution") | Galaxy GXY-5104 |
same session.
| Boogie Woogie (From "The Afro-American Suite Of Evolution") | - |
same session.
| Parisian Thoroughfare | - |
same session.
| 'Round Midnight | - |
Stanley Cowell, African thumb piano.
| Spanish Dancers | - |
Stanley Cowell, Yamaha electric grand, Fender Rhodes electric piano, piano, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, handclaps, Hohner Clavinet.
| Sienna: Welcome, My Darling | - |
Stanley Cowell, piano, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, Hohner Clavinet, Yamaha electric grand, African thumb piano.
| Sienna: Waiting For The Moment | - |
Stanley Cowell, Yamaha electric grand, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano.
| Coup De Grass | - |
Stanley Cowell, piano, Yamaha electric grand.
| Today, What A Beautiful Day | - |
* Galaxy GXY-5104 Stanley Cowell - Waiting For The Moment 1977
Stanley Cowell's Fusion Group
Eddie Henderson, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone; Stanley Cowell, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer, Serge Tcherepnin Modular synthesizer, thumb piano; Clifford Coulter, guitar; Keith Hatchel, electric bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums; Kenneth Nash, percussion; Loretta Devine, Charles B. Fowlkes Jr., vocal; Charles B. Fowlkes Jr., background vocal arranger; Stanley Cowell, arranger.
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 1977
| The Stoker (Instrumental) | Galaxy GXY-5111 | |
| I Am Waiting | - | |
| If You Let Me | - | |
| What Do I Do? | - | |
| The Stoker (Vocal) | - | |
| Talkin' 'Bout Love | - | |
| (Let Me Love You) Let Me Be Me | - | |
| Here I Am | - |
* Galaxy GXY-5111 Stanley Cowell - Talkin' 'Bout Love 1978
1978
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, November 28-30, 1978
| Equipoise | Galaxy GXY-5125 | |
| Lady Blue | - | |
| Musa And Maimoun | - | |
| Dr. Jackle | - | |
| November Mood | - | |
| Dave's Chant | - |
* Galaxy GXY-5125 Stanley Cowell - Equipoise 1979
Stanley Cowell's Fusion Group
Eddie Henderson, trumpet, electric trumpet, flugelhorn; Julian Priester, alto, tenor, bass trombone; Pat Patrick, piccolo, flute, clarinet, tenor sax; Nate Rubin, violin; Terry Adams, cello; Stanley Cowell, acoustic, electric piano, prepared piano, kalimba, Hammond organ, orchestra chimes, occasional background vocal; Cecil McBee, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Kenneth Nash, percussion; Lovejoy: Linda Mandolph, Robert Mandolph, vocal; Judy Lacey, vocal.
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, November, 1978
| Come Sunday | Galaxy GXY-5131 | |
| Ask Him | - | |
| Island Of Haitoo | - | |
| I'm Tryin' To Find A Way | - | |
| El Space-O | - | |
| Sienna: Welcome To This New World | - |
* Galaxy GXY-5131 Stanley Cowell - New World 1981
1983 (age 42)
Stanley Cowell Quartet
Billy Harper, tenor sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Billy Hart, drums.
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, July 7, 1983
| Sweet Song | Strata-East (G) SECD 9004 | |
| Destiny Is Yours | - | |
| Layla Joy | - | |
| East Harlem Nostalgia | - |
* Strata-East (G) SECD 9004; Bellaphon (G) 660-51-008 Stanley Cowell, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart - Such Great Friends 1991
1985
Stanley Cowell Solo
Stanley Cowell, piano.
Cafe Des Copains, Toronto, Canada, June 26, 1985
| Waltz For Debbie | Unisson Records (Canadian) DDA-1004 | |
| Evidence | - | |
| Please Send Me Someone To Love | - | |
| Joy Spring | - | |
| Love For Sale | - | |
| My One And Only Love | - | |
| Equipoise | - | |
| You Took Advantage Of Me | - |
* Unisson Records (Canadian) DDA-1004 Stanley Cowell - Live At Cafe Des Copains 1985
1987
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Frederick Waits, drums.
Big Box 901 Studio, Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 1987
| Deceptacon | DIW (J) DIW-8017 | |
| Winter Reflections | - | |
| Enya-J | - | |
| Sienna: Welcome My Darling | - | |
| Sendai Sendoff | - | |
| Air Dancing | - | |
| My Little Sharif | - | |
| Christina | DIW (J) DIW-807, DIW-5005 | |
| Winter Reflections (alternate take) | - |
* DIW (J) DIW-8017 Stanley Cowell, Frederick Waits, Buster Williams - We Three 1987?
= DIW (J) DIW-807 - 1987
= DIW (J) DIW-5005 - 2008
1989
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Ron McClure, bass; Keith Copeland, drums.
July, 1989
| Cal Massey | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1253 | |
| I Think It's Time To Say Goodbye Again | - | |
| Evidence | - | |
| Sylvia's Place | - | |
| I Concentrate On You | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31253 | |
| Sweet Song | - | |
| Sienna | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1253 | |
| 'Dis Place | - | |
| Celia | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCS 1253, SCCD 31253 Stanley Cowell Trio - Sienna 1989
Stanley Cowell Trio/Quartet/Solo
Steve Coleman, alto, soprano sax #5,6; Stanley Cowell, piano; Santi W. Debriano, bass #1-9; Joe Chambers, drums #1-9.
Pennylane Studios, NYC, July, 1989
| 1. | Theme For Ernie | Concord Jazz CCD-4398 |
| 2. | Wail | - |
| 3. | It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | - |
| 4. | But Beautiful | - |
| 5. | Sylvia's Place | - |
| 6. | Come Sunday | - |
| 7. | Carnegie Six | - |
| 8. | St. Croix | - |
| 9. | Prayer For Peace | - |
| 10. | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | - |
* Concord Jazz CCD-4398 Stanley Cowell - Back To The Beautiful 1989
1990
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Keith Copeland, drums.
March, 1990
| Departure #2 | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31275 | |
| Voices All | - | |
| Photon In A Paper World | - | |
| Just One Of Those Things | - | |
| Little Sunny | - | |
| Placido | - | |
| Relaxin' At Camarillo | - | |
| Splintered Ice | - | |
| Prelude To A Kiss | - | |
| Setup | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31275 Stanley Cowell Trio - Departure #2 1990
Stanley Cowell Solo
Stanley Cowell, piano.
Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA, June, 1990
| Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | Concord Jazz CCD-4431 | |
| Stompin' At The Savoy | - | |
| I Am Waiting | - | |
| Nefertiti | - | |
| Jitterbug Waltz | - | |
| Stella By Starlight | - | |
| I'll Remember April | - | |
| Lament | - | |
| Out Of This World | - | |
| Django | - | |
| Big Foot | - | |
| Little Sunny | - | |
| Autumn Leaves | - | |
| Cal Massey | - |
* Concord Jazz CCD-4431 Stanley Cowell - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall Volume Five 1990
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Ronnie Burrage, drums.
Big Box 901 Studio, Tokyo, Japan, August 2, 1990
| "D" Bass-IC Blues | DIW (J) DIW-6003 | |
| Endless Flight | - | |
| Close To You Alone | - | |
| Equipoise | - | |
| Celestial Mood | - | |
| Serenity | - | |
| Stella By Starlight | - |
* DIW (J) DIW-6003 Stanley Cowell Trio - Close To You Alone 1990
= DIW (J) DIW-603 - 1991
1991 (age 50)
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Cheyney Thomas, bass; Wardell Thomas, drums.
August, 1991
| Sienna, Welsome To This New World | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31293 | |
| Games | - | |
| New Picture | - | |
| Today, What A Beautiful Day | - | |
| Four In One | - | |
| Orientale | - | |
| Four Harmonizations Of The Blues | - | |
| From The Rivers Of Our Fathers | - | |
| Inner Urge | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31293 Stanley Cowell Trio - Games 1991
1993
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Cheyney Thomas, bass; Wardell Thomas, drums.
April, 1993
| Brilliant Circles | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31328 | |
| Bright Passion | - | |
| Dave's Chant #2 | - | |
| Round About Midnight | - | |
| La Danse | - | |
| I'll Always Love You, My Brother | - | |
| Piano Concerto No. 1: Tribute To Tatum | - | |
| Piano Concerto No. 1: Serenity | - | |
| Piano Concerto No. 1: Cal Massey | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31328 Stanley Cowell Trio - Bright Passion 1993
Stanley Cowell Solo
Stanley Cowell, piano.
April, 1993
| The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31339 | |
| Morning Star | - | |
| Sendai Send Off | - | |
| Imagine | - | |
| Eronel | - | |
| Angel Eyes | - | |
| Akua | - | |
| The Ladder | - | |
| Abscretion | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31339 Stanley Cowell - Angel Eyes 1994
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Cheyney Thomas, bass; Wardell Thomas, drums.
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, April, 1993
| Anthropology | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31359 | |
| Bright Passion | - | |
| Brilliant Circles | - | |
| Stella By Starlight | - | |
| Prayer For Peace | - | |
| It Don't Mean A Thing | - | |
| Autumn Leaves | - | |
| In Walked Bud | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31359 Stanley Cowell Trio - Live 1995
Stanley Cowell Sextet
Eddie Henderson, trumpet; Dick Griffin, trombone; Rick Margitza, tenor sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Billy Hart, drums.
October, 1993
| Departure | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31349 | |
| Setup | - | |
| Varions | - | |
| Bright Passion | - | |
| Bip Bip Bam | - | |
| Sendai Send Off | - | |
| Carnegie Six | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31349 Stanley Cowell Sextet - Setup 1994
1995
Stanley Cowell Quartet
Bill Pierce, tenor sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Jeff Halsey, bass; Ralph Peterson, drums; Karen Francis, vocal.
November, 1995
| A Whole New World | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31386 | |
| Daydream | - | |
| This Life | - | |
| Equipoise | - | |
| I Think It's Time To Say Goodbye Again | - | |
| Mandara Blossoms | - | |
| Winter Reflections | - | |
| Rivers Of Our Fathers | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31386 Stanley Cowell - Mandara Blossoms 1996
1996
Stanley Cowell Quartet
Bruce Williams, alto sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Dwayne Burno, bass; Keith Copeland, drums.
October, 1996
| Hear Me One | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31407 | |
| Ruby, My Dear | - | |
| Quartet | - | |
| Banana Pudding | - | |
| Anthropology | - | |
| Tinged | - | |
| Photon In A Paper World | - | |
| Ferrell | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31407 Stanley Cowell Quartet - Hear Me One 1997
1999
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Tarus Mateen, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums.
Sound On Sound, NYC, June 17, 1999
| A Whole New World | Venus (J) TKCV-35085 | |
| Ole Texas | Venus (J) TKCV-35085, TKCV-35309 | |
| Charleston Rag | Venus (J) TKCV-35085 | |
| I Never Dreamed | - | |
| St. Croix | - | |
| Confirmation | - | |
| Dancers In Love | - | |
| But Not For Me | - | |
| As The Sun Goes Down | - |
* Venus (J) TKCV-35085 Stanley Cowell Trio - Dancers In Love
= Venus (J) TKCV-35145 - 2001
= Venus (J) VHCD-2048 - 2008
= Venus (J) VHCD-78058 - 2010
* Venus (J) TKCV-35309 Various Artists - Very Best - Venus Records Piano Trio Best Performances 2002
2010 (age 69)
Stanley Cowell Trio Introducing Sunny Cowell
Stanley Cowell, piano; Mike Richmond, bass; Victor Lewis, drums; Sunny Cowell, vocal #1,3,5,6,8,10, viola #2,4.
February, 2010
| 1. | When Lights Are Low | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31704 |
| 2. | Blues For Rama | - |
| 3. | Time Can Only Tell | - |
| 4. | Japanese Tea House | - |
| 5. | Today What A Beautiful Day | - |
| 6. | I'll Never Be The Same | - |
| 7. | For James Williams | - |
| 8. | Stealing Gold | - |
| 9. | Chirality | - |
| 10. | Prayer For Peace | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31704 Stanley Cowell - Prayer For Peace 2010
2012 (age 71)
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Tom DiCarlo, bass; Chris Brown, drums.
released 2012
| Cosmology | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31740 | |
| El Space-O | - | |
| Vishnu On The Serpent | - | |
| Krishna | - | |
| Glass Balls & Couch Bed | - | |
| Brawl Inducer | - | |
| I Never Dreamed | - | |
| It's Time | - | |
| King | - | |
| We Shall 2 | - | |
| Long Vamp | - | |
| Abstrusions | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31740 Stanley Cowell - It's Time 2012
2013
Stanley Cowell & Empathlectrik Quartet Featuring Vic Juris
Stanley Cowell, piano; Vic Juris, guitar; Tom DiCarlo, bass; Chris Brown, drums.
released 2013
| An Overseas Memory | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31757 | |
| Tinged | - | |
| Victim | - | |
| Duo Improvisation I | - | |
| Empathlectrik | - | |
| Invertisement | - | |
| Sun Burn | - | |
| Duo Improvisation II | - | |
| St. Croix | - | |
| Winter Reflections | - | |
| Welcome To This New World | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31757 Stanley Cowell & Empathlectrik Quartet - Welcome To This New World 2013
2014
Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell, piano; Jay Anderson, bass; Billy Drummond, drums.
released 2014
| Photon In A Paper World | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31790 | |
| You Taught My Heart To Sing | - | |
| Mrs. Parker Of KC | - | |
| I Remember Diz | - | |
| Hot House | - | |
| Are You Real? | - | |
| The Wedding Recessional | - | |
| Off Minor | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31790 Stanley Cowell - Are You Real? 2014