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Release Date: 25 April 2025
Label: Moosicus Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 885513121912
Description
Vinyl edition in random colors, limited to 500 units worldwide! 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
Friedrich Gulda
Maceo Parker
Sheila E.
Paulo Mendonca
Volker Kriegel & Spectrum
Roland Kirk Quartet
Marion Brown
Jan Hammer Group
Roland Kirk Quartet
Marion Brown
Trilok Gurtu, Simon Phillips & NDR Bigband
Thomas Marek Trio
Raf Ferrari Quartet
Walter Davis Jr.
Small Blue
Michele Polga
