''Handscapes 2'' is an album by The Piano Choir featuring Ron Burton,

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, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson,

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, and Sonelius Smith recorded in 1974 and first released on the

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Reception

In his review for

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, Michael G. Nastos simply states "more of the same".

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

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

*Sonelius Smith - piano,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into ele ...

*Ron Burton, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson,

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, John Lewis -

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References

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