| Geechee Recollections |
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| Released | 1973 |
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| Recorded | June 4 & 5, 1973
Intermedia Sound, Boston |
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| Genre | Jazz |
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| Length | 43:47 |
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| Label | Impulse! |
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| Producer | Ed Michel |
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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 an African-American cultural group living in costal regions of Georgia and North Carolina, from whom Brown descended.
Reception
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| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Once upon a Time" | | 6:27 |
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| 2. | "Karintha" | Brown, Jean Toomer | 9:27 |
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| 3. | "Buttermilk Bottom" | | 6:44 |
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| 4. | "Introduction" | | 1:19 |
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| 5. | "Tokalokaloka Part One" | | 7:02 |
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| 6. | "Tokalokaloka Part Two" | | 9:41 |
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| 7. | "Tokalokaloka Part Three" | | 1:49 |
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| 8. | "Ending" | | 1:18 |
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| Total length: | 43:46 |
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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.
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