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Blues for the Viet Cong

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Released
  
1969

Artist
  
Stanley Cowell

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:48

Release date
  
1969

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Recorded
  
June 5 & 6, 1969 at Polydor Studios, London, England

Label
  
Polydor 583 740 Freedom AL 1032

Producer
  
Alan Bates and Chris Whent

Blues for the Viet Cong (1969)
  
Brilliant Circles (1971)

Similar
  
Stanley Cowell albums, Jazz albums

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.

Contents

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "Cowell's style at the time was often modal and already quite powerful".

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Cowell except as indicated

  1. "Departure" - 7:08
  2. "Sweet Song" - 3:02
  3. "The Shuttle" - 8:07
  4. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:47
  5. "Blues for the Viet Cong" - 4:18
  6. "Wedding March" - 2:49
  7. "Photon in a Paper World" - 9:03
  8. "Travellin' Man" - 3:34

Personnel

  • Stanley Cowell - piano
  • Steve Novosel - bass
  • Jimmy Hopps - drums

    • References

    Blues for the Viet Cong Wikipedia
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