Stanley Cowell - Musa: Ancestral Streams LP
$44.98
Label: Mack Avenue/Strata East
Release Date: April 25th, 2025
A landmark in solo jazz piano, Musa: Ancestral Streams showcases the brilliant artistry of Strata-East co-founder Stanley Cowell. Recorded in 1974, the album is celebrated for its intimacy, innovation, and spiritual depth—blending jazz with classical, African, and Eastern influences. Cowell’s fluid integration of acoustic and electric piano expands the expressive possibilities of the instrument, crafting a deeply personal soundscape that feels both grounded and transcendent.
As a cornerstone of the Strata-East catalog, Musa: Ancestral Streams reflects the label’s unwavering commitment to artistic freedom and self-produced, genre-defining music. It captures Cowell at his most visionary, offering a meditative, boundary-pushing experience that continues to inspire.
This definitive edition is pressed at Record Technology Inc. (RTI) and mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, with audio sourced directly from the original analog tapes. Housed in a deluxe, glossy tip-on gatefold jacket, the release also includes new liner notes by Nate Chinen and never-before-seen photographs—an essential piece for collectors and lovers of deep, soulful jazz.