Marion Brown Memorial Broadcast 8:00am Tuesday Oct. 19 through 9:30am Wednesday Oct. 20 Alto-saxophonist Marion Brown passed away on Monday, October 18, 2010 at the age of 79. One of the most radical but romantic of free improvisers, Marion Brown was an under-sung hero of the jazz avant-garde. Hailing from Atlanta, Brown arrived in New York in 1962. In 1965, Marion Brown made his recording debut on Archie Shepp’s album Fire Music, his debut as leader, and appeared on John Coltrane’s essential album, Ascension. In the late 1960s, Brown went abroad and began a fruitful working relationship with Gunter Hampel, which continued throughout the 70s and into the 80s. In 1970, he returned to United States and began his association with Wadada Leo Smith, which gave rise to the ideas and concepts behind some of his most groundbreaking work for ECM and ABC Impulse. In 1976, Brown earned his Master’s degree from Wesleyan University in ethnomusicology. Brown was a published author and visual artist and a professor at Bowdoin College, Amherst College, Wesleyan University, Brandeis University, and Colby College.
Program:
Hambone; Los Olvidados
Gemini, Horizon, Turbulence
November Cotton Flower; Sunshine Road; Africa
La Sorella; Fortunato; Why Not?; Homecoming
QBIC; Porto Novo
Hurry Sundown; Since I Fell For You; Black and Tan Fantasy; Don't Take Your Love Away from Me; I Can't Get Started; Monk's Mood, Epistrophy
Capricorn Moon
512 e 12; The Visitor
Gesprächsfetzen ; Exhibit A
Dance No. 1; Exhibit B; The Sound of a Song; Malipieros Midnight Theatre; Il ne chant pas; Dance No. 2;
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun; Djinji's Corner
Part I; Part II
Centering; Njung-Lumumba Malcolm; And Then They Danced; Rhythmus #1
Soundways; Soundways Part 2
November Cotton Flower; La Placita
Sweet Earth Flying
Ascension (Part I and Part II)
Solo #1, Solo #2, Solo #3 (La Placita?); Add Jodi Braxton
unknown tracks
unknown tracks
The Girl from Ipanema
Don't Take Your Love From Me; Angel Eyes; 'Round Midnight; I Can't Get Started; After The Rain
Once upon a time (A children's tale); Karintha; Buttermilk bottom
Sunshine Road; Soul Eyes; Body and Soul; Africa; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Blue Monk
La Placita, Fortunato, Sunny Moon for Two; Bosco; I'm Sorry; Soft Winds
Blue Monk; A cause de Monk; To the golden lady in her Graham cracker window; Contemplation; Hurry sundown; A flower is a lovesome thing
Maimoun; Visions; Vista; Moment of Truth; Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim; Djinji
Hurry Sundown; Angel Eyes El Bochincher And Then They Danced; La Placita; Encore
Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim
New Blue; Fortunato; The Shadow Knows; Spooks; West India; Delicado
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