Blues for the Viet Cong
1969 studio album by Stanley Cowell
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Studio album by Stanley Cowell | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | June 5 & 6, 1969 at Polydor Studios, London, England | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:48 | |||
Label | Polydor 583 740 Freedom AL 1032 | |||
Producer | Alan Bates and Chris Whent | |||
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Blues for the Viet Cong is the debut album led by American jazz pianist Stanley Cowell recorded in 1969 and first released on the British Polydor label then later released on the Freedom label.[1]
Reception
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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "Cowell's style at the time was often modal and already quite powerful".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Stanley Cowell except as indicated
- "Departure" - 7:08
- "Sweet Song" - 3:02
- "The Shuttle" - 8:07
- "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:47
- "Blues for the Viet Cong" - 4:18
- "Wedding March" - 2:49
- "Photon in a Paper World" - 9:03
- "Travellin' Man" - 3:34
Personnel
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Steve Novosel - bass (tracks 1-3, 5-8)
- Jimmy Hopps - drums (tracks 1-3, 5-8)
References
- ^ Stanley Cowell discography accessed January 5, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Blues for the Viet Cong – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Blues for the Viet Cong (1969)
- Brilliant Circles (1969)
- Illusion Suite (1972)
- Musa: Ancestral Streams (1973)
- Handscapes 2 (with Ron Burton, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith, 1974)
- Regeneration (1975)
- Waiting for the Moment (1977)
- Equipoise (1978)
- We Three (with Freddie Waits and Buster Williams, 1987)
- Back to the Beautiful (1989)
- Sienna (1989)
- Close to You Alone (1990)
- Angel Eyes (1993)
- Setup (1993)
- Handscapes (with Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Danny Mixon, and Sonelius Smith, 1972)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Five (1990)
- Live at Copenhagen Jazz House (1993)