Marion Brown - In Sommerhausen (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 25-April-2025 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

Historical live-recordings from the Bavarian State Conservatory of Music in Wuerzburg/Germany from 1969/05/17 feat Guner Hampel (vibraphone, bass-clarinet, percussion) affectionately mastered by Johannes Scheibenreif

Alto saxophonist Marion Brown was an initially underrated hero of the jazz avant-garde. It was only after he moved from Atlanta to New York and joined John Coltrane that audiences and critics took notice. Dedicated to discovering the far-reaching possibilities of improvisational expression, Brown possessed a truly lyrical voice. In the early seventies, he played with Anthony Braxton, Andrew Cyrille, Bennie Maupin, Jeanne Lee, and Chick Corea, among others. On this recording he was accompanied by the German jazz musician Gunter Hampel (composer, vibraphonist, saxophonist, flutist, pianist and bass clarinetist).

His son Djinji remembers his father by saying, "The way he played sounded like his speaking voice, the way he held his horn reminded me of the way he held my hand, the way he walked was in the same rhythm as his songs, and then everything made sense. His music was first and foremost who he was. It was the purest expression of his soul, and everything he did had the same gentle power as his music. He was truly one with his art; there was no separation between the two."

Tracklisting
Disc 1
Side 1
1. Dance No.1
2. Exhibit B
3. The Sound Of A Song
Side 2
1. Malipieros Midnight Theatre
2. II Ne Chant Pas
3. Dance No. 2