Abscretions

Stanley Cowell · 1974 · Ouverture de Musa: Ancestral Streams, piano solo

Context

First track of Musa: Ancestral Streams. Solo piano record made on 10 and 11 December 1973 at Minot Studios (White Plains), released by Strata-East in 1974, all pieces by Cowell; AllMusic describes it as a solo set of remarkable scope, apart within Black consciousness jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz). Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.

By the same artist

• Equipoise (1974)
• Prayer for Peace (1974)
• Maimoun (1974)

Sources

• EN: Musa: Ancestral Streams
• EN: Stanley Cowell

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