Marion Brown - "Afternoon of a Georgia Faun" (1970)

Got a bunch of jazz records in Detroit. This is the first listen.

#NowPlaying #MarionBrown #AnthonyBraxton #ChickCorea #AndrewCyrille #LarryCurtis #JeanneLee #BennieMaupin #ECMRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/VTHcYM1JN44

Marion Brown Quartet is an album by American saxophonist Marion Brown, his debut as a leader. It was recorded in November 1965 in New York City, and was released in 1966 on the ESP-Disk label. The album features Brown on alto saxophone, Alan Shorter on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone, Reggie Johnson and Ronnie Boykins on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums.

Writing for Point of Departure, David Grundy described Brown as having a sound that "tended towards the abstrusely melodic, with a marked lyrical tendency offset by an astringent bite that could peel the paint off any wall", ...Ali's drums function like sparklers: they crackle and glow; Brown smears and drags high notes around careful, angular melodic figures, while Shorter is at first loud and declarative, before simmering to buzzing smears, as if someone were wailing with their hand over their mouth."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1RWMN5rkMk&list=RDS1RWMN5rkMk&start_radio=1

#marionbrown #rashiedali #alanshorter #espdisk #benniemaupin #freejazz #ronnieboykins

Zenzile Featuring Marion Brown, released on Baystate in 1977

Japanese only spiritual jazz joy LP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqhzy7ND5jI

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Marion Brown - "Porto Novo" (1967)

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kMVwc9x6udfWyWATxVutYMP6jpMCusB24&si=EWJ5FeZnxYuBqjLK

Pleasant milestones from the year's journey through music appreciation, 2023.

#MarionBrown - "November Cotton Flower"

https://youtu.be/c1B7EVtC9MI

#Jazz #freejazz #firemusic #saxophone #piano

Marion Brown - "Vista" (1975)

Another new reissue on Impulse! Records. Somehow I never got around to hearing this before. It's an absolute classic of the Impulse catalog, and a terrific recording.

Features several great musicians, including #MarionBrown #AnthonyDavis #StanleyCrowell #EdBlackwell #ReggieWorkman and none other than #HaroldBudd on celesta and gong. They play one of Budd's songs too.

#NowPlaying #jazz #ImpulseRecords #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mzn9xgojIvRKPsWwb3PR84VV8HNB8o9NM&si=5RUEQUCZAQT-Lhsw

Archie Shepp - "Attica Blues" (1972)

Fabulous reissue from #ImpulseRecords The sound of this lp is so much richer and deep than any digital version I've heard. A+

So many great musicians on this, including Shankar of #ECMRecords fame on violin, which would have made this possibly his earliest appearance on a recording.

#ArchieShepp #MarionBrown #JimmyGarrison #CliffordThornton #LeroyJenkins #CornellDupree #BillyHiggins #Shankar #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nrOV81NHJuH-5XxDvHURAqStPKQ19654s&si=y5x1Q4m_t1mD-O5C