Setup is an album by Stanley Cowell with a sextet recorded in 1993 and first released on the historically important Danish SteepleChase label in 1994.[1][2]

Setup
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedOctober 1993
GenreJazz
Length59:46
LabelSteepleChase SCCD 31349
ProducerNils Winther
Stanley Cowell chronology
Live at Copenhagen Jazz House
(1993)
Setup
(1994)
Mandara Blossoms
(1995)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [3]

AllMusic said the album was "especially noteworthy, for Cowell is a gifted, if underrated, composer. Cowell's talents as a composer are illustrated by memorable post-bop or hard bop pieces".[4]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Stanley Cowell

  1. "Departure" - 11:03
  2. "Setup" - 7:11
  3. "Varions" - 6:29
  4. "Bright Passion" - 7:12
  5. "Bip Bip Bam" - 9:18
  6. "Sendai Sendoff" - 10:03
  7. "Carnegie Six" - 8:30

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Stanley Cowell discography accessed April 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Stanley Cowell catalog accessed April 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Henderson, Alex. Setup – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2015.