Musa: Ancestral Streams
# Musa: Ancestral Streams

Musa: Ancestral Streams is a solo piano album by Stanley Cowell recorded in 1973 and first released on the Strata-East label.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |

In his review for AllMusic, Jason Ankeny states "Musa Ancestral Streams remains a relative oddity in the pantheon of jazz's black consciousness movement -- a solo piano set of stunning reach and scope, its adherence to intimacy contrasts sharply with the bold, multi-dimensional sensibilities that signify the vast majority of post-Coltrane excursions into spiritual expression, yet the sheer soulfulness and abandon of Stanley Cowell's performance nevertheless vaults the record into the same physical and metaphysical planes".

## Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Cowell

* "Abscretions" 5:10
* "Equipoise" - 3:44
* "Prayer for Peace" - 7:07
* "Emil Danenberg" - 2:45
* "Maimoun" - 6:30
* "Travelin' Man" - 2:56
* "Departure No. 1" - 5:25
* "Departure No. 2" - 2:15
* "Sweet Song" - 3:05

## Personnel

* Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano, kalimba
