Arista · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Brilliant Circles

Stanley Cowell

Recorded	Sep 25, 1969
Label	Arista
Released	1969
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 254418

The record

A modal, exploratory date from the pianist's early run, with Woody Shaw and Bobby Hutcherson threading through dense post-bop harmony alongside Reggie Workman and Joe Chambers. Tyrone Washington's presence adds a rarer, harder-edged voice to a session that captures the era's push past hard bop into freer terrain.

Session personnel

Reggie Workman — bass, electric bass
Joe Chambers — drums
Stanley Cowell — piano
Tyrone Washington — tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, maracas
Woody Shaw — trumpet, maracas
Bobby Hutcherson — vibraphone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.

1972	Freedom · 28 425-7 U — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1972	Freedom · FLP 40104 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold
1972	Freedom · PA-7031 — Vinyl, LP, Album · gatefold
1972	Freedom · 28 425-7 U — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold
1972	Freedom · FLP 40104 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing
1972	Freedom · PA-7031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo · gatefold
1975	Arista
1975	Arista · AL 1009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1975	Arista · AL 1009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1975	Freedom · AL 1009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1981	Discophon · J-4473 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1983	Black Lion Records · 65104 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1983	Black Lion Records · 75104 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1994	Freedom · TKCB-70387 — CD, Album, Reissue