Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. I dont do this very often mainly because i dont have superduper hifi equipment, but heres an out of print album for download. This jazz tone poem, in my mind, captures the spirit of toomers book quite well. November cotton flower lp item 46584 baystate, 1979.
Marion brown november cotton flower releases discogs. Sweet earth flying juba lee brown capricorn moon live november cotton flower bismillahi rrahmani rrahim geechee recollections live geechee recollections sweet earth flying ii live. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises november cotton flower his name is alive sweet earth flower a tribute to marion brown. Marion brown was a master musician and composer who came from both the free jazz and black arts movements. A tribute to marion brown his name is alive sweet earth flower. Marion brown november cotton flower 1979, vinyl discogs. A tribute to marion brown, an album by his name is alive. Marion brown november cotton flower 1979 4shared mp3 track 1 only allmuisc.
The albums three live tracks were recorded november 2004 at university of. Marion brown is frequently typecast as a free jazz player, yet this live set recorded in 1980 at le dreher in paris is actually quite accessible. Toomers cane is an amazing read, a triumph of modernism. Its porto novo, by marion brown, and its ripped from my lp at 192 kbps. Listen free to his name is alive sweet earth flower a tribute to marion brown sweet earth flying, juba lee brown and more. Buy mp3 music online his name is alive sweet earth flower.
Here we have a tribute to saxophonist marion brown that echos the openness of. Tribute to marion brown his name is alive presents sweet earth flower. November cotton flower marion brown credits allmusic. Myers plays browns toomerinspired compositions, and november cotton flower. Inspired by jean toomers poem, november cotton flower, the song and poem reflect on georgia and africanamerican southern life. This is some kind of familiar and bizarre sound creation, rooted in the essence of african.
Sweet earth flower a tribute to marion brown his name. Although it appeared after the xmmer album, it was recorded between the release of detrola and xmmer. As archie shepp made his first album for impulse a tribute to coltrane, marion brown made his a tribute to shepp a wonderful lineage of avant talent in the 60s, stated boldly here, given brown s amazing talent on the record. Marion brown november cotton flower 1984, vinyl discogs. Marion brown september 8, 1931 october 18, 2010 was an american jazz alto saxophonist. Sunshine road marion brown, alto saxophone gon mizuhashi, bass warren smith, drums dave burrell, piano recorded november 8, 1979 at shiminkaikan hall, hirosaki, japan diw records.
Sweet earth flower is a tribute album his name is alive recorded to honor the music of marion brown. November cotton flower by jean toomer poetry foundation. Poems for piano is a superb recording, offering abundant evidence of both marion brown s deep and sensitive compositional gifts and amina claudine myers alltoounrecognized strengths as a. Sweet earth flying ii live marion brown its beautiful, thank you. His opener, sunshine road, blends latin rhythms, gospel, and. Diw1083 later reissued as cd, diw356, with extra track africa. It opens with a suite based on toomers work that includes the gorgeous sweet earth flying and november cotton flower, both previously recorded by brown s working bands. Marion brown november cotton flower 2009, paper sleeve. Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear, beauty so sudden for that time of year. Details about lp marion brown november cotton flower rvj6066 baystate japan vinyl. Toomers innovative novel, cane, was an inspiration for some browns best work, november cotton flower composition being just one. I recently bought the recent impulse 2on1 rerelease of some of his work and have been enjoying it greatly.
As in their previous release, the track list consists of personal renditions of delta blues classics mostly charlie patton played with an overtly exploratory attitude derived from the free jazz tradition, as well as a number of pieces composed by some chosen jazz artists such as roscoe mitchell, julius hemphill, henry threadgill, hamiet. Bollweevils coming and the winters coldmade cottonstalks look rusty seasons oldand cotton scarce as any southern snow. Marion brown september 8, 1931 october 18, 2010 was an american jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist. Veterans of the american rock underground, his name is alive has been exploring various musical tangents since the early 1990s, slowly moving closer and closer to a more improvisational, jazzoriented base. Brown, marion live in japan music skip to main content.
He is most well known as a member of the 1960s avantgarde jazz scene in new york city, playing alongside musicians such as john coltrane, archie shepp, and john tchicai. Lp marion brown november cotton flower rvj6066 baystate japan vinyl. He was influenced and inspired by jean toomer one of the cornerstone figures of the harlem renaissance. A tribute to marion brown his name is alive on allmusic 2007 in 2004, his name is alive played a show at the.
The sound engineering on the lp itself is slightly strange, really amping up benninks drums im guessing the guy was more used to dealing with rockpop musicians than the likes of han. Hamiet bluiett, including a couple of unearthed gems, november cotton flower by the great late marion brown and last kind words, a moving prewar song by the obscure and legendary geshie wiley. Marion brown alto saxophone, hilton ruiz piano, jack gregg bass, freddie waits drums. Featured on sweet earth flower a tribute to marion brown. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Sweet earth flying marion brown as hilton ruizp jack greggb freddie waitsd 1980 free lance. Marion brown, november cotton flower, live in japan, at. Return to never home recordings 19791986 vol 2 all the mirrors in the house home recordings 1979 1986.
Toomers innovative novel, cane, was an inspiration for some brown s best work, november cotton flower composition being just one. Another astounding number from jazz legend marion brown. He performed on coltranes landmark 1965 album ascension. Sweet earth flower a tribute to marion brown his name is alive. Baystate was a japanese jazz record label some of these album were also released on the japanese labels victor and horo records. Brown and his band pianist hilton ruiz who studied with mary lou williams, bassist jack gregg, and drummer freddie waits seem quite inspired throughout this set of mostly originals. Africa marion brown alto saxophone dave burrell piano gon mizuhashi bass warren smith drums alto saxophonist marion brown was an. The piano music of marion brown amina claudine myers on allmusic. November cotton flower, a song by his name is alive on spotify. Find album credit information for november cotton flower marion brown on allmusic.
November cotton flower japanese paper sleeve edition cd one of the warmest, most sensitive albums weve ever heard from saxophonist marion brown a r dusty groove is chicagos online record store. A potentially difficult album to locate issued on both lp and cd by the japanese baystate label, fans of marion brown will find november cotton flower worth hearing, if not quite up to the heights of his earlier releases on impulse. Altoist marion brown, one of the potentially great highenergy saxophonists to emerge in the mid60s he was on john coltranes famous ascension. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience. Marion brown alto saxophone, dave burrell piano, takashi mizuhashi bass, warren smith drums, yasumasa odagiri engineer, kenji tanuka photography, sadao sugawara producer.
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