Stanley Cowell
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Stanley Cowell (born May 05, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label. He played with Roland Kirk while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and later with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, 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.
In popular culture
Stanley Cowell was mentioned briefly by hip-hop artist Madlib (under the name Quasimoto) in the album "The Unseen" in the track "Return of the Loop Digga" In which Madlib is attempting to buy a Stanley Cowell record in a record store.Notes
References
- Fairweather, Digby; Ian Carr; Brian Priestley The Rough Guide to Jazz.
- Kernfeld, Barry Dean The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. St. Martin's Press.
- Yanow, Scott Bebop. Miller Freeman.
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