Handscapes 2
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{{Infobox album
| name = Handscapes 2
| type = Album
| artist = The Piano Choir
| cover = Handscapes 2 - album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = August–December 1974 at Minot Studios, White Plains, N.Y.
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Strata-East SES-19750
| producer = The Piano Choir
| chronology = Stanley Cowell
| prev_title = Musa: Ancestral Streams
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Regeneration
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Piano Choir
| type = Album
| prev_title = Handscapes
| prev_year = 1973
| title = Handscapes 2
| year = 1975
| next_title = Handscapes 95
| next_year = 1995
}}
}}
Handscapes 2 is an album by The Piano Choir featuring Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Stanley_Cowell.htm Stanley Cowell discography] accessed January 20, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos simply states "more of the same".{{allMusic|first=Michael G.|last=Nastos|class=album|id=mw0000914376|title=Handscapes 2 – Review|accessdate= January 20, 2015}}
Track listing
Side A:
- "Ballad for the Beast from Bali-Bali" (Hugh Lawson) - 7:04
- "The Need to Smile" (Sonelius Smith) - 6:24
- "Barbara Ann" (Webster Lewis) - 4:47
Side B:
- "In What Direction Are You Headed" (Harold Mabern) - 6:30
- "Prayer for Peace" (Stanley Cowell) - 8:45
Personnel
- Stanley Cowell - piano, synthesizer
- Sonelius Smith - piano, electric piano
- Ron Burton, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern - piano
- Mtume, Jimmy Hopps, John Lewis - percussion