Stanley Cowell

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. [cite book| last =Fairweather| first =Digby| coauthors =Ian Carr; Brian Priestley| year =2004| title =The Rough Guide to Jazz| pages= 286] 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. [cite book| last =Yanow| first =Scott| year =| title =Bebop| pages= 92]

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.

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References

*cite book| last =Fairweather| first =Digby| authorlink =Digby Fairweather| coauthors =Ian Carr; Brian Priestley| title =The Rough Guide to Jazz| publisher =| date =2004| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59279592&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 1843532565
*cite book| last =Kernfeld| first =Barry Dean| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz| publisher =St. Martin's Press| date =1994| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30516743&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0312113579
*cite book| last =Yanow| first =Scott| authorlink =Scott Yanow| coauthors =| title =Bebop| publisher =Miller Freeman| date =2000| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43785763&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0879306084

External links

* [http://musicweb.rutgers.edu/info/fac-bio/cowell/ Rutgers U site]