Geechee Recollections
Geechee Recollections | ||||
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Studio album by Marion Brown | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | June 4 & 5, 1973 Intermedia Sound, Boston | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:47 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Ed Michel | |||
Marion Brown chronology | ||||
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Geechee Recollections is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Marion Brown recorded in 1973 and released on the Impulse! label.[1] Along with Afternoon of a Georgia Faun and Sweet Earth Flying, it was one of Brown's albums dedicated to the US state of Georgia.[2] The Geechee of the title are a distinct African-American cultural group living in costal regions of Georgia and North Carolina.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[4] |
The Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars, writing, "Brown receives excellent support by a strong ensemble including trumpeter Leo Smith and the great drummer Steve McCall. Brown, with his marvelously limpid tone on alto, is a joy to hear and seems more at home and relaxed here than on some of his more strident early records. Recommended".[3] The New York Times described his trio of Georgia-related albums as "his most notable recordings".[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Once upon a Time" | 6:27 | |
2. | "Karintha" | Brown, Jean Toomer | 9:27 |
3. | "Buttermilk Bottom" | 6:44 | |
4. | "Introduction" | 1:19 | |
5. | "Tokalokaloka Part One" | 7:02 | |
6. | "Tokalokaloka Part Two" | 9:41 | |
7. | "Tokalokaloka Part Three" | 1:49 | |
8. | "Ending" | 1:18 | |
Total length: | 43:46 |
Personnel
- Marion Brown — alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, percussion
- Leo Smith — brass, strings, percussion
- William Malone — thumb piano, autoharp
- James Jefferson — double bass, cello, percussion
- Steve McCall — drums, percussion
- A. Kobena Adzenyah — drums, African percussion
- Jumma Santos — congas, miscellaneous instruments
- Bill Hasson — percussion, narration
References
- ^ Impulse! Records discography. Accessed May 1, 2012
- ^ Gotrich, Lars (October 19, 2010). "Georgia Recollections: Goodbye, Marion Brown". npr.org. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Olewnick, B. Allmusic review. Accessed May 1, 2012
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s) (Reference)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (October 23, 2020). "Marion Brown, Free-Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- v
- t
- e
- Marion Brown Quartet (1965)
- Juba-Lee (1966)
- Three for Shepp (1966)
- Why Not? (1966)
- Porto Novo (1967)
- Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970)
- Geechee Recollections (1973)
- Sweet Earth Flying (1974)
- Vista (1975)
- Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown (1979)
- Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (2004 & 2006)