Geechee Recollections

Geechee Recollections
Geechee Recollections
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

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
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

All compositions by Marion Brown except as indicated
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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.
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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Impulse!_Records_discography-1] Impulse! Records discography. Accessed May 1, 2012

[2] Gotrich, Lars (October 19, 2010). "Georgia Recollections: Goodbye, Marion Brown". npr.org. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

[Allmusic-3] Olewnick, B. Allmusic review. Accessed May 1, 2012

[4] Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s) (Reference)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 21, 2023.

[5] Keepnews, Peter (October 23, 2020). "Marion Brown, Free-Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.