Results for "Astrid Cowan"

Astrid Cowan

Born: April 18

Astrid Cowan /Inner Pathways

By Astrid Cowan

Label: Astron Records
Released: 2003

Swing Team

By Astrid Cowan

Label: Astron Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Thursday Night at Pasquales; I

Astrid Cowan: Swing Team

by Jack Bowers
January 1, 2002

I hope Astrid Cowan will forgive me for saying she plays piano like a man. The truth is, she does, employing a percussive, two–fisted approach that reminds one of McCoy Tyner, the late Gene Harris, Benny Green and other fiery, blues–based modernists. Not much is said on Swing Team about her background, only that she was ...

Summit

By Astrid Cowan

Label: Astron Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: The News Is Blues; What Is This Thing Called Love; Lullaby; Beach Comber

Astrid Cowan: Summit

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 2001

This is a moderately pleasant hour or so of easygoing small–group Jazz, but those are shark–infested waters into which pianist Astrid Cowan and her colleagues are diving, and I doubt that pleasant is enough to ensure their survival. Truth is, Summit doesn’t swing nearly as hard or as often as Cowan’s earlier release, Swing Team (Astron ...

Swing Team

By Astrid Cowan

Label: Astron Records
Released: 1999

Astrid Cowan: Swing Team

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 1999

What we know for certain is that Astrid Cowan was born in Detroit, studied piano for some time in San Francisco, now lives in the Los Angeles area, and is an accomplished mainstream player whose virile two–handed technique and propensity to swing at any speed are remindful of McCoy Tyner, Gene Harris and other modernists from ...