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Marion Brown discography

This is a discography of Marion Brown albums and albums by other musicians that feature Marion Brown


Marion Brown: leader and co-leader discography: albums, compilations and selected various artist collections

Marion Brown Quartet, Marion Brown Quartet, 1966, ESP-Disk 1022

Tracks : Capricorn Moon, 27 Cooper Square, Exhibition (aka Mephistopheles)

Musicians : Marion Brown, Alan Shorter, Bennie Maupin (track 3), Reggie Johnson, Ronnie Boykins, Rashied Ali

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The East Village Other: Electric Newspaper / Hiroshima Day / USA VS Underground, 1966, ESP-Disk 1034

Notes : An audio collage with music, spoken word and radio broadcasts. It features one section titled "Jazz Improv" featuring Marion Brown

Musicians on the Marion Brown section: Marion Brown, Scott Holt, Ron Jackson

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Juba Lee, Marion Brown Septet, 1967, Fontana

Tracks : 512E12, The Visitor, Juba-Lee, Iditus

Musicians : Marion Brown, Alan Shorter, Grachan Moncur III, Bennie Maupin, Dave Burrell, Reggie Johnson, Beaver Harris

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Three for Shepp, Marion Brown, 1967, Impulse! 9139

Tracks : New Blue, Fortunato, The Shadow Knows, Spooks, West India Delicado

Musicians : Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur III, Dave Burrell, Stanley Cowell, Norris Sirone Jones, Beaver Harris Bobby Capp

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Why Not, Marion Brown, 1968, ESP DISK 1040

Tracks : La Sorrella, Fortunato, Why Not?, Homecoming

Musicians : Marion Brown, Stanley Cowell, Norris Sirone Jones, Rashied Ali

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Gesprächsfetzen, Marion Brown / Gunter Hampel, 1968, Calig CAL 30 601

Tracks : Gesprächsfetzen, Exhibit A, Babudah, Tomorrow Is The Beginning Of The End Of Yesterday, Aba

Musicians : Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel, Ambrose Jackson, Buschi Niebergall, Steve McCall

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Porto Novo, Marion Brown, 1969, Freedom / Polydor (?)

Tracks : Similar Limits, Sound Structure, Improvisation, QBIC, Porto Novo

Musicians : Marion Brown, Maarten van Regteren Altena, Han Bennink

Recorded in Holland in 1967. Some later releases have bonus tracks.

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Le Temps Fou, Marion Brown, 1969, Polydor (France)

Tracks : Le Temps Fou, Cascatelles, Song For Serge And Helle, Boat Rock, Ye Ye, En Arrière

Musicians : Marion Brown, Ambrose Jackson, Gunter Hampel, Barre Phillips, Steve McCall, Alain Corneau

Recorded in Paris in September 1968.

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Marion Brown In Sommerhausen, Marion Brown, 1969, Calig CAL 30 601

Tracks : Dance No. 1, Exhibit B, The Sound Of A Song, Malipieros Midnight Theatre, Il Ne Chant Pas, Dance No.2

Musicians : Marion Brown, Ambrose Jackson, Gunter Hampel, Daniel Laloux, Steve McCall, Jeanne Lee

Recorded live in Würzburg, Germany on May 17, 1969.

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International Holy Hill Jazz Meeting 1969, Various Artists, 1969, MENO Lichtenstein & CB

Tracks and performers: Let's Talk About The Weather (Pierre Favre Trio), Circus Live (Rolf Kühn Quartett), Finally (Peter Brötzmann Oktett), Fifteen And More (Joe Viera - Ed Kröger Quartett), Five To Five (Joki Freund Quintett), In Memory Of John Coltrane (Marion Brown), Gluga Gluga Blues (Joki Freund Quintett)

Notes : Recorded on July 6, 1969 at the 2nd Holy Hill Jazz Meeting at Heidelberg Thingstätte, Germany

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Afternoon of a Georgia Faun, Marion Brown, 1970, ECM 1004

Tracks : Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun, Djinji's Corner

Musicians : Marion Brown, Anthony Braxton, Bennie Maupin, Chick Corea, Gayle Palmore, Jack Gregg, Billy Malone, William Green, Andrew Cyrille, Larry Curtis, Jeanne Lee

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Impulse Energy Essentials: A Developmental & Historical Introduction to the New Music, Various Artists, 1972, Impulse! 9228

Tracks : Hora Decubitus (Charles Mingus), Garvey's Ghost (Max Roach), Mama Too Tight (Archie Shepp), Aires (Freddie Hubbard), Teenie's Blues (Oliver Nelson), Spiritual (John Coltrane), Bulbs (Cecil Taylor), New Blue (Marion Brown), Nuttin' Out Jones (Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison), Opening selections of East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins), Trouble in the East (Ornette Coleman), Acknowledgement from A Love Supreme (John Coltrane), The Creator Has a Master Plan (Pharoah Sanders), John Coltrane Was Here (Michael White), Opening selections of Ascension (John Coltrane), Holy Ghost (Albert Ayler), Song for Ché (Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra), Galaxy Around Olodumare (Alice Coltrane), Leo (John Coltrane)

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Geechee Recollections, Marion Brown, 1973, Impulse! 9252

Tracks : Once upon a time (A children's tale), Karintha, Buttermilk bottom, Introduction, Tokalokaloka Part one / Part two / Part three, Ending

Musicians : Marion Brown, Leo Smith, Bill Hasson, James Jefferson, Steve McCall, A. Kobena Adzenyah, William Malone, Jumma Santos

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Soundways, Marion Brown & Elliott Schwartz, 1973, Bowdoin College Music Press

Tracks : Soundways Part I, Soundways Part II

Musicians : Marion Brown, Elliott Schwartz

This music was recorded live on February 18, 1973 on the Bowdoin College campus, Brunswick, Maine. Subsequent released as part of the Duets double album (1976, Arista Freedom).

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Sweet Earth Flying, Marion Brown, 1974, Impulse! 9275

Tracks : Sweet Earth Flying: Part 1 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5, Eleven Light City: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Musicians : Marion Brown, Muhal Richard Abrams, Paul Bley, James Jefferson, Steve McCall, Bill Hasson

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Impulsively!, Various Artists, 1974

A 2 LP set that includes tracks by Gato Barbieri, Keith Jarrett, Michael White, Mel Brown, John Klemmer, Gary Saracho, Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, Marion Brown, Sun Ra, John Coltrane and Sam Rivers.

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Vista, Marion Brown, 1975, Impulse! 9304

Tracks : Maimoun, Visions, Vista, Moment of Truth, Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim, Djinji

Musicians : Marion Brown, Stanley Cowell, Anthony Davis, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Hopps, Jose Goico, Allen Murphy, Bill Braynon, Ed Blackwell, Harold Budd

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Porto Novo, Marion Brown, 1975, Arista Freedom AL 1001

Tracks : Similar Limits, Sound Structure, Improvisation, QBIC, Porto Novo

Musicians : Marion Brown, Maarten van Regteren Altena, Han Bennink

Recorded in 1967 and originally released on Polydor in 1969.

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Creative Improvisation Ensemble, Marion Brown, Leo Smith, 1975, Freedom

Tracks : Centering, Njung-Lumumba Malcolm, And Then They Danced, Rhythmus #1

Musicians : Marion Brown, Leo Smith

Recorded in May 1970. All tracks subsequently included on the Arista Freedom double LP Duets (Marion Brown, 1976). Tracks 3 and 4 were included on the Black Lion CD version of Porto Novo (Marion Brown, 1994)

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Awofofora, Marion Brown, 1976, Disco Mate DSP-5002

Tracks : La Placita, Flamingo, Pepi's Tempo, Mangoes, And Then They Danced, Vista '76

Musicians : Marion Brown, Ambrose Jackson, Billy Patterson, Fred Hopkins, Chris Henderson, Ed Blackwell, Juuma Santos

Recorded in New York in July 1976.

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Duets, Marion Brown, 1976, Arista Freedom AL 1904

Tracks : Centering, Njung-Lumumba Malcolm, And Then They Danced, Rhythmus #1, Soundways, Soundways Part 2

Musicians : Marion Brown, Leo Smith (tracks 1-4), Elliott Schwartz (tracks 5-6)

Tracks 1-4 recorded in Paris in May 1970 and originally released on Creative Improvisation Ensemble (Freedom, 1975). Tracks 5-6 recorded in Brunswick, Maine in February 1973 and originally released on Soundways (Century, 1973).

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Solo Saxophone, Marion Brown, 1977, Sweet Earth SER 1001

Tracks : Hurry Sundown, Angel Eyes, El Bochinchero, And Then They Danced, La Placita, Encore

Musicians : Marion Brown

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Zenzile Featuring Marion Brown, Zenzile Featuring Marion Brown, 1977, Baystate RVJ-6009

Tracks : Sweet Earth Flying, I Think You Really Like Me, Piece of Ground, Long Distance

Musicians : Alden Griggs, Marion Brown, Brandon Ross, Terry Jenoure, Kevin Ross, Steve McCraven, Chris Johnson, Jose Aponte

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"La Placita" Live In Willisau, Marion Brown Quartet, 1977, Timeless SJP 108

Tracks : La Placita, Fortunato, Sonnymoon For Two, Bosco, I'm Sorry, Soft Winds

Musicians : Marion Brown, Brandon K. Ross, Jack Gregg, Steve McCraven

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Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions, Various Artists, 1977, Douglas NBLP 7046

Tracks : The Need To Smile (Flight To Sanity), Naomi (Ken McIntyre), 73°-S Kelvin (Anthony Braxton), And Then They Danced (Marion Brown), Locomotif N°6 (Leo Smith & New Delta Ahkri)

Musicians : The musicians on the Marion Brown track are Marion Brown, Jack Gregg, and Jumma Santos

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Passion Flower, Marion Brown, 1978, Baystate RVJ-6024

Tracks : Passion Flower, Smada, Prelude To A Kiss, Spotted Dog, Solitude, Day Dream

Musicians : Marion Brown, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman, Roy Haynes

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Reeds 'n Vibes, Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel, 1978, Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.55

Tracks : And Then They Embraced, Solo, Arrow In The Wind, Flute Song, Improvisation

Musicians : Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel

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Soul Eyes, Marion Brown, 1979, Baystate RVJ-6036

Tracks : Sunshine Road, Soul Eyes, Body And Soul, Afrisa, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Blue Monk

Musicians : Marion Brown, Kenny Barron, Cecil McBee, Philly Joe Jones

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November Cotton Flower, Marion Brown, 1979, Baystate RVJ-6066

Tracks : November Cotton Flower, La Placita, Fortunato, Pleasant Street, Sweet Earth Flying

Musicians : Marion Brown, Hilton Ruiz, Karl Rausch, Earl May, Warren Smith

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Back To Paris, Marion Brown Quartet, 1980, Free Lance FRL 002

Tracks : Sunshine Road, November Cotton Flower, La Placita, Body And Soul, Sweet Earth Flying

Musicians : Marion Brown, Hilton Ruiz, Jack Gregg, Freddie Waits

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Solo Saxophone: Yale University, 1981, Marion Brown, 1982, Other Ear Productions

Tracks : Hurry Sundown, Since I Fell For You, Black & Tan Fantasy, I Can't Get Started, Don't Take Your Love From Me, Monk's Mood / Epistrophy

Musicians : Marion Brown

Cassette only release of music recorded live in Dwight Chapel, Yale University on October 16, 1981.

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79118 Live, Marion Brown, 1983, DIW

Tracks : November Cotton Flower, La Placita, Angel Eyes / Hurry Sundown, Sunshine Road

Musicians : Marion Brown, Dave Burrell, Gon Mizuhashi, Warren Smith

Recorded live on November 8, 1979 at Shiminkaikan Hall, Hirosaki, Japan. Reissued in 1991 as Live In Japan.

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Gemini, Marion Brown / Gunter Hampel, 1983, Birth Records BIRTH 0037

Tracks : (No 520) Gemini, (No 521) Horizon, (No 18) Turbulence, (No 346) Serenade For M.B., Ask Me Now, (No 457) New York Sunday Afternoon, (No 430) Funky Get Down

Musicians : Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel

Recorded live on June 13, 1983 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Subsequently released on a 2 CD set Gemini + Play "Live" Sun Ra Compositions in 1993 with bonus live material from 1993.

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Rencontre à Paris, Marion Brown Solo Et Duo Avec Michel Graillier, 19??, Marge 21

Was this album released? Seems unlikely.

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Songs Of Love And Regret, Mal Waldron/Marion Brown, 1985, Free Lance FRL 006

Tracks : Blue Monk, À Cause De Monk, To The Golden Lady In Her Graham Cracker Window, Contemplation, Hurry Sundown, A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing

Musicians : Mal Waldron, Marion Brown

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Recollections: Ballads And Blues For Alto Saxophone, Marion Brown, 1985, Creative Works CW 1001

Tracks : Don't Take Your Love From Me, Angel Eyes, 'Round Midnight, I Can't Get Started, After The Rain, Black And Tan Fantasy, Hurry Sundown, Since I Fell For You, Blue Monk, Blues Connotation

Musicians : Marion Brown

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Much More, Mal Waldron/Marion Brown, 1989, Free Lance FRL 010

Tracks :Soul Mates, Someone to Watch Over Me, All God's Chillun Got Rhythm, My Funny Valentine, I Can't Get Started / Now's The Time, The Inch Worm, My Old Flame (CD only)

Musicians : Mal Waldron, Marion Brown

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Live In Japan, Marion Brown, 1991, DIW

Tracks : November Cotton Flower, La Placita, Angel Eyes / Hurry Sundown, Sunshine Road, Africa

Musicians : Marion Brown, Dave Burrell, Gon Mizuhashi, Warren Smith

Recorded live on November 8, 1979 at Shiminkaikan Hall, Hirosaki, Japan. This music was originally released in 1983 as 79118 Live.

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Native Land, Jazz Cussion / Marion Brown, 1991, ITM Records 1471

Tracks : Nica's Dream, Think On Me, The Holy Euphoric Stompers, La Cuna, I Can't Get Started, Native Land, Double Talk, Bahamian Street Dance

Musicians : Udo Hagen Zempel, Marion Brown, Michael Möhring, Peter Krug, Wolfgang Kropp, Mathias Reh

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Offering, Marion Brown Quintet, 1993, Venus Records TKCV 79012

Tracks : Terra, Self Portrait In Three Colors, Ode To Coltrane, Sly Entrance, Golden Lady In The Graham Cracker Window, Berkshire Blues, After The Rain

Musicians : Marion Brown, Tom McClung, Jay Messer, Mike Marcus, Chris Dailey

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Mirante Do Vale - Offering II, Marion Brown Quintet, 1993, Venus Records TKCV 79016

Tracks : Mirante Do Vale, Summer Serenade, Crucificado, Tom's Mood, La Placita, Montuno My Head, Chet Set

Musicians : Marion Brown, Tom McClung, Jay Messer, Mike Marcus, Chris Dailey

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Gemini + Play "Live" Sun Ra Compositions, Marion Brown / Gunter Hampel, 1993, Birth Records BIRTH 037

Tracks : (No 520) Gemini, (No 521) Horizon, (No 18) Turbulence, (No 346) Serenade For M.B., Ask Me Now, (No 457) New York Sunday Afternoon, (No 430) Funky Get Down, Lights On A Satellite , Enlightment, Spontaneous Simplicity, (No. 608) Information, Miscalleneous

Musicians : Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel

The first 7 tracks were originally released on the album Gemini in 1983. The bonus CD tracks were recorded live in June and July 1993.

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Porto Novo (exp CD), Marion Brown, 1994, Black Lion

Tracks : Similar Limits, Sound Structure, Improvisation, QBIC, Porto Novo, And Then They Danced, Rhythmus No 1

Musicians : Tracks 1 to 5: Marion Brown, Maarten van Regteren Altena, Han Bennink / Tracks 6 & 7: Marion Brown, Leo Smith

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded in 1967 and originally released on Polydor in 1969. Tracks 6 and 7 recorded in 1970 and originally released on the album Creative Improvisation Ensemble in 1975.

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Venus Jazz A Go-Go, Various Artists, 1994, Venus Records TKCV 79050

Tracks and performers: Over The Rainbow (Phil Woods), Caravan (Jacky Terrasson), My Funny Valentine (Kenny Barron/Lee Konitz), East Of The Sun (Claude Williamson), Fortunato (Marion Brown), Shiny Stockings (Daichi Trio), All The Things You Are (Eddie Harris), Like Someone In Love (Spirits Trio), Singin' In The Rain (Lonnie Smith), Untitled (Dewey Redman), Mr. P. C. (Moffett Family Jazz Band)

Notes : The Marion Brown track on this collection is probably previously unreleased

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Back On 52nd Street: Live From Soundscape, Various Artists, 1997, DIW 406

Tracks : Improvisation 1 (Ed Blackwell/Dewey Redman), Improvisation 2 (Ed Blackwell/Dewey Redman), Angel Eyes (Marion Brown), Improvisation 3 (Marion Brown), Improvisation 4 (Derek Bailey/George Lewis), Improvisation 5 (Dennis Charles), Improvisation 6 (Dennis Charles)

Notes : The two solo Marion Brown tracks were recorded on April 23, 1981 at Soundscape, NYC

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Echoes Of Blue, Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion, 2000, Double Moon Records 71015

Tracks : Mirante Do Vale, Naima, Little Sunflower, You Don't Know What Love Is, Prelude To A Kiss (Solo), Stella By Starlight (Trio), Polka Dots And Moonbeams, Echoes Of Blue (Trio), Once I Loved

Musicians : Marion Brown, Michael Möhring, Peter Krug, Bernd Nawothnig, Wolfgang Kropp

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Geechee Recollections / Sweet Earth Flying, Marion Brown, 2011, Impulse

Albums originally released in 1973 and 1974.

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Live, The Group, 2012, NoBusiness NBCD 50 / NBLP 55

Tracks : Joann's Green Satin Dress, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, La Placita (CD only), Shift Below (CD only), Amanpondo

Musicians : Ahmed Abdullah, Marion Brown, Billy Bang, Sirone, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille

Recorded at the Jazz Center of New York on September 13, 1986

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Three For Shepp / Vista, Marion Brown, 2015, Impulse

Combines the 1967 Marion Brown album Three For Shepp with the 1975 Marion Brown album Vista.

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Live At The Black Musicians' Conference, 1981, Marion Brown / Dave Burrell, 2018, NoBusiness NBCD 109

Tracks : Gossip / Fortunado, La Placita, My Little Brown Book, Punaluu Peter, Pua Mae 'Ole, Crucifacado, Lush Life

Musicians : Marion Brown, Dave Burrell

Recorded live at the Black Musicians' Conference at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts on April 10, 1981

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Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee Revisited, Marion Brown, 2019, ezz-thetics 1102

Tracks : Capricorn Moon, Mephistopheles, Juba Lee, Iditus

Musicians : Tracks 1 & 2: Marion Brown, Alan Shorter, Bennie Maupin, Reggie Johnson, Ronnie Boykins, Rashied Ali / Tracks 3 & 4: Marion Brown, Alan Shorter, Grachan Moncur III, Bennie Maupin, Dave Burrell, Reggie Johnson, Beaver Harris

Tracks 1 and 2 originally released on Marion Brown Quartet (1966) and tracks 3 and 4 originally released on Juba-Lee (1967)

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Why Not? Porto Novo! Revisited, Marion Brown, 2019, ezz-thetics 1106

Tracks : Why Not?, La Sorella, Fortunato, Why Not, Homecoming / Porto Novo!: Similar Limits, Sound Structure, Improvisation, QBIC, Porto Novo

Musicians : Tracks 1 - 4: Marion Brown, Stanley Cowell, Norris Sirone Jones, Rashied Ali / Tracks 5 - 9: Marion Brown, Maarten van Regteren Altena, Han Bennink

Tracks 1 to 4 originally released on Why Not? (1968) and tracks 5 to 9 originally released on Porto Novo (1969)

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Marion Brown: sideman: main albums and selected single artist collections

Fire Music, Archie Shepp, 1965, Impulse! 86

Tracks : Hambone, Los Olvidados, Malcolm, Malcolm Semper Malcolm, Prelude to a Kiss, The Girl from Ipanema

Musicians : Archie Shepp, Ted Curson, Joseph Orange, Marion Brown, Reggie Johnson, David Izenzon, Joe Chambers, J.C. Moses

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New Wave In Jazz, The, Various Artists, 1965, Impulse! 90

Tracks : Nature Boy (John Coltrane), Holy Ghost (Albert Ayler), Blue Free (Grachan Moncur), Hambone (Archie Shepp), Brilliant Corners (Charles Tolliver)

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Ascension, John Coltrane, 1966, Impulse! 95

Tracks : Ascension

(Two editions of Ascension were released in 1966 each with a different take of Ascension)

Musicians : John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson, Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Tchicai McCoy Tyner, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

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Burton Greene Quartet, Burton Greene Quartet, 1966, ESP Disk 1024

Tracks : Cluster Quartet, Ballade II, Bloom In The Commune, Taking It Out Of The Ground

Musicians : Burton Greene, Marion Brown, Frank Smith, Henry Grimes, Dave Grant, Tom Price

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Attica Blues, Archie Shepp, 1972, Impulse! 9222

Tracks : Attica Blues, Steam (Part 1), Invocation To Mr. Parker, Steam (Part 2), Blues For Brother George Jackson, Ballad For A Child, Good-Bye Sweet Pops, Quiet Dawn

Musicians : Archie Shepp, Clifford Thornton, Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley, Cal Massey, Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi, Hakim Jami, Clarence White, Marion Brown, Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson, James Ware, John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Lakshinarayana Shankar, Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott, Dave Burrell, Walter Davis, Jr., Cornell Dupree, Jimmy Garrison, Gerald Jemmott, Roland Wilson, Beaver Harris, Billy Higgins, Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan plus vocals and narration

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Regeneration, Stanley Cowell, 1976, Strata East SES 19765

Tracks : Trying To Find A Way, The Gembhre, Shimmy Shewobble, Parlour Blues, Thank You My People, Travelin' Man, Lullabye

Musicians : Stanley Cowell, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Nadi Quamar, Aleke Kanonu, Bill Lee, Jerry Venable, Glenda Barnes, Charles Fowlkes, Jimmy Heath, Marion Brown, John Stubblefield, Psyche Wanzandae, Kareema

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Shadows, Grachan Moncur III, 1977, Denon

Tracks : Down Broadway, Autumn In New York, Teardrops For Jimmy, Misty

Musicians : Grachan Moncur III, Marion Brown, Dave Burrell, Roland Prince, Reggie Workman, Joe Chambers, Andy Bey

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The Pavilion of Dreams, Harold Budd, 1978, Obscure Records

Tracks : Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim, Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday, Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda, Juno

Musicians : Harold Budd, Marion Brown, Maggie Thomas, Richard Bernas, Gavin Bryars, Jo Julian, Michael Nyman, John White, Howard Rees, Nigel Shipway, Brian Eno, Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Lesley Reid, Ursula Connors, Alison MacGregor, Muriel Dickinson

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Glimpses, INTERface with Marion Brown, 1979, ReEntry Records RE-003

Tracks : Birthday, Foxtrott, P4/m3 (2 Altos), Loud & Soft, Birthday, Polka, Solo (M.Brown), Ticker Poum

Musicians : John Fischer, Mark Whitecage, Marion Brown, Rick Kilburn, Booby Meyer, Phillip Wilson, Thomas Whaley

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Live At The Palais Des Glaces, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Big Band, 1979, Blue Marge 1001

Tracks : Antes De Adios, Star Love, Moon Bees, Attica Blues Part One, Steam, Quiet Dawn, Hi-Fly, U-Jaama, Strollin, Ballad For A Child, Simone, Crusificado, A Change Has Come Over Me, Goodbye Sweet Pops, Skippin', Attica Blues Part Two

Musicians : Archie Shepp, Kamal Alim, Roy Burrowes, Charles McGhee, Eddie Preston, Malachi Thompson, Charles Greenlee, Dick Griffin, Ray Harris, Charles Stephens, Steve Turre, Marvin Blackman, Marion Brown, Patience Higgins, John Purcell, James Ware, Art Matthews, Brandon Ross, Candice Greene, Terry Jenoure, Carl Ector, Akue Dixon, Avery Sharp, Clifford Jarvis, Kevin Jones, Joe Lee Wilson, Irene Datcher

Recorded live in Paris in October 1979. Reissued on CD on Blue Marge in 1993 and 2004.

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Jubilation, Gunter Hampel All Stars, 1983, Birth Records BIRTH 0038

Tracks : (No 161) Waiting, (No 531) Little Bird, (No 57) Waltz For 9 Universes In A Corridor, (No 535) Loughin' To Keep From Cryin', (No 19) Turbulence

Musicians : Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Marion Brown, Thomas Keyserling, Perry Robinson, Barre Phillips, Steve McCall, Jeanne Lee

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Inscapes, Gunter Hampel, 1983, Birth Records BIRTH BVNT05

Tracks : Sonnenstrahlen, Sonnenschein, Pertidos, Bahia, Serenade, Cavana, Turbulence, Waltz For 9 Universes, Little Bird

Musicians : Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Perry Robinson, Marion Brown, Thomas Keyserling, Barre Phillips, Jack Gregg, Steve McCall

Marion Brown features on the soundtrack used on this video documentary about Gunter Hampel's paintings

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Gunter Hampel All Star Orchestra, 1983, Birth Records BIRTH BVNT16

Tracks : Track list not known

Musicians : Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Art Jenkins, Leo Smith, Stephen Haynes, Curtis Fowlkes, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Thomas Keyserling, Marion Brown, David Schnitter, John Stubblefield, Charles Tyler, Ross Levinson, Wilbur Morris, Steve McCall

A video release of music performed at Columbia University, NYC on Apil 24, 1983 and broadcast on WKCR Cable

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Going Places, Mariette Bodier, 1983, Madiva

Tracks : Amsterdam's Magic, Tu Le Sais, Emptiness, Je Voudrais Tant, Aarde, I Am A Stranger, The Road Never Ends, Modus Operandi, Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma, Crossing The Border

Musicians : Mariette Bodier, Bill Braynon, Marion Brown, Marvin Horne, Kevin Harris, Steve McCall

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Environ Days, INTERFace, 1991, Konnex

Tracks : The Call, POUM!, The Flies, Quartet, Inter-Poum, Trio, A Touch of Strange, Polka, FOGGY, 476, Free Blues Warmup

Musicians : John Fischer, Mark Whitecage, Rick Kilburn, Philip Wilson, Lester Bowie (tracks 5, 6), Perry Robinson (tracks 1, 3, 7), Arthur Blythe (tracks 5, 6), Marion Brown (track 8), Charles Tyler (track 4), Tom Whaley (track 11), Armen Halburian (track 2)

Recordings from 1975, 1977 and 1978.

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The Major Works Of, John Coltrane, 1992, Impulse!

Tracks : CD 1: Ascension: Edition I, Om / CD 2: Ascension: Edition II, Kulu Se Mama, Selflessness

Notes : A 2 CD collection of Coltrane recordings for Impulse. Marion Brown plays on both versions of Ascension.

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Friday The 13th, John Sinclair w/ Wayne Kramer, 1995, Alive Records 0010/10

Tracks : Friday, The 13th, Spiritual, Homage To John Coltrane, Blues To Elvin

Musicians : John Sinclair, Michael Ray, Richard Theodore, Nicholas Sanzenbach, Marion Brown (track 2), Wayne Kramer, Phil DeVille, "Lucky" Joe Drake, Michael "Lightning Boy" Voelker

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Daylight, Devorah Day, 1999, Eat This Productions

Tracks : Lila, Come Closer, ...Our Bit Of Piddling, Freejam, Lover Man, Dindi

Musicians : Devorah Day, Marion Brown, Booker T, Jorge Sylvester, David Colding, Kid Lucky

This album was reissued in 2003 with the title Light Of Day

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Ascension, John Coltrane, 2000, Impulse!

Tracks : Ascension (Edition II), Ascension (Edition I)

Musicians : John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson, Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Tchicai McCoy Tyner, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

A CD release of both recorded editions of Ascension. Both edition have previously been released separately.

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Sirround Sound, Djinji Brown, 2002, Seven Heads

Tracks : Mojuba (Afro-Beat For Ellegua), En La Cocina Con Abuela, Abuelita's Dance, Blue Hunny, Apache's Revenge (For All My Red Niggas On The Rez), Uptown Rockers Dub, Red Lights & Cognac...And Table Talk by DJ Flo Fader, Papa Marion's Fight, Lifesavers, Velocity (It's Like A Jungle), Brazilly, Chango's House (Kawo Kabie Sile...The King Is Not Dead!), Enter The Sound (Emotional Content)

Musicians : Marion Brown plays on Papa Marion's Fight

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Abuelita's Dance, Djinji Brown, 2002, Seven Heads

Tracks : En La Cocina Con Abuela, Abuelita's Dance, Mr Dynamite, All Rise

Musicians : Marion Brown plays on Mr Dynamite

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Light Of Day, Devorah Day, 2003, Abaton Book Company

Tracks : Lila, Come Closer, Our Bit Of Piddling, Lover Man, Dindi, Freejam

Musicians : Devorah Day, Marion Brown, Booker T, Jorge Sylvester, David Colding, Kid Lucky

This album is a reissue of the 1999 release Daylight

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The Impulse! Albums: Volume Three, John Coltrane, 2009, Impulse!

Notes : A five CD box set that brings together the albums: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays, New Thing At Newport, Ascension, Meditations and Kulu Sé Mama. Marion Brown plays on Ascension.

Musicians on Ascension: John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson, Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Tchicai McCoy Tyner, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

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Live At The Woodstock Playhouse 1965, Burton Greene Quartet, 2010, Porter Records PRCD 4040

Tracks : Tree Theme II, Cluster Quartet II, Like It Is

Musicians : Burton Greene, Marion Brown, Reggie Johnson, Rashied Ali

Recorded live on August 28, 1965

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Journey To Edanares, Gunter Hampel New York All Star Orchestra 1983, 2011, Birth Records DVD 830515

Tracks : Generator (No. 345), Bolero, Waiting, Bahia, As If It Were A Bridge (No. 458), Journey To Edanares (No. 346), 211 E 11

Musicians : Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Art Jenkins, Steven Haynes, Leo Smith, Curtis Fowlkes, David Schnitter, John Stubblefield, Marion Brown, Mark Whitecage, Thomas Keyserling, Charles Tyler, Perry Robinson, Ross Levinson, Wilbur Morris, Steve McCall

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Live At Berlin Philharmonic Hall-Jazzfestival, Gunter Hampel All Stars 1983, 2014, Birth Records DVD 831103

Tracks : Waiting / Little Bird / As If It Were A Bridge / Waltz For 9 Universes In A Corridor

Musicians : Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Thomas Keyserling, Marion Brown, Perry Robinson, Barre Phillips, Steve McCall, Jeanne Lee

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Marion Brown: miscellaneous releases

Poems For Piano (The Piano Music Of Marion Brown), Amina Claudine Myers, 1979, Sweet Earth SER 1005

Tracks : Toomer Triptych: Sweet Earth Flying / November Cotton Flower / Evening Song, Sunday Comedown, Golden Lady in the Graham Cracker Window, Sienna Maimoun, Going Home

Musicians : Amina Claudine Myers

Liner notes by Marion Brown

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International World, Stephen McCraven, 1991, ASP Records 41991

Tracks : Both Ends Burning, Pas De Trots, Blues Fo T.M., New Noon Madness, Paris-La Manu, Bantu Hunter, Urges, Ritual

Musicians : Stephen McCraven, Ed Byrne, Chris Merz, Paul Arslanian, Nat Reeves, Carmello Garcia

Liner notes by Marion Brown

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Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra, Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra, 2001, Eremite Records MTE 026

Tracks : I, II, III

Musicians : Alan Silva, Stephen Haynes, Taylor Ho Bynum, Roy Campbell, Jr, Raphe Malik, Art Baron, Steve Swell, Joe Daley, Andrew Lamb, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Sabir Mateen, Ori Kaplan, Rob Brown, Elliot Levin, Scott Currie, William Connell, Jr, J.D. Parran, Bill Lowe, Mark Taylor, Karen Borca, Mark Hennen, Wilbur Morris, Jackson Krall

Liner notes by Marion Brown

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Djinji Brown EP, Djinji Brown, 2004, R2 Records

Tracks : House Calls, Lesser Things, Extended Nakedness, Lesser Things (No Vinia Instrumental), Lesser Things (Drums One Dub)

Musicians : Marion Brown is sampled on track one of this EP

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Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute To Marion Brown, Jonathan Jurion, 2019, Kosmos Records KOS 006

Tracks : 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)

Musicians : Warren Defever, Elliot Bergman, Jamie Saltsman, Justin Walter, Jamie Easter, Dan Piccolo, Michael Herbst, Erik Hall, Olman Piedra

All compositions by Marion Brown

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Le Temps Fou: The Music Of Marion Brown, Jonathan Jurion, 2019, Kosmos Records KOS 006

Tracks : Sweet Earth Flying, Capricorn Moon, Le Temps Fou, A Children's Tale Mood, Once Upon A Time (A Children's Tale), La Placita, Part 1.1: Magic Brown, Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim

Musicians : Jonathan Jurion, Josiah Woodson, Jowee Omicil, Michel Alibo, Arnaud Dolmen, Olivier Juste

All compositions by Marion Brown

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