Marion Brown

Aliases: Marion Brown Quartet
Marion Brown Quintet
Marion Brown Septet
Real name: Marion Brown Jr.
Born: September 8, 1931
Died: October 18, 2010
Country: United States
IPI: 00004351137 1 work
00079455632 5 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz alto sax player, he was part of the 1960s New York City avant-garde jazz scene.
Related: Alan Shorter Shorter was a member of Marion Brown groups

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim	Marion Brown	1975	(2 artists)
i	Capricorn Moon	Marion Brown Quartet	1966	His Name Is Alive
i	Exhibition	Marion Brown Quartet	1966	Wayne Shorter
i	Fortunato	Marion Brown	1968	Archie Shepp, Dollar Brand
i	Juba Lee	Marion Brown Septet	1967	His Name Is Alive
i	November Cotton Flower	Marion Brown	1979	His Name Is Alive
i	Once upon a Time	Marion Brown	1973	His Name Is Alive
i	Sweet Earth Flying	Marion Brown	1974	His Name Is Alive

Covers by Marion Brown

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1986	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i	After the Rain	Marion Brown	1985	John Coltrane
i	After the Rain	Marion Brown Quintet	1993	John Coltrane
i	All God's Chillum Got Rhythm	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
i	Angel Eyes	Marion Brown	1977	Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i	Black & Tan Fantasy	Marion Brown	1982	The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
i	Blue Monk	Marion Brown	1979	Thelonious Monk Trio
i	Blue Monk	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1986	Thelonious Monk Trio
i	Body and Soul	Marion Brown	1979	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i	Contemplation	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1986	McCoy Tyner
i	Day Dream	Marion Brown	1978	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i	Don't Take Your Love from Me	Marion Brown	1982	Mildred Bailey
i	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Marion Brown	1979	Charles Mingus
i	Hurry Sundown	Marion Brown	1977	Richard Huey and His Sundown Singers
i	I Can't Get Started	Marion Brown	1982	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Can't Get Started	Jazz Cussion / Marion Brown	1991	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Can't Get Started / Now's the Time	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC, Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i	Little Sunflower	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Freddie Hubbard
i	Monk's Mood / Epistrophy	Marion Brown	1982	The Thelonious Monk Quintet, Thelonious Monk
i	My Funny Valentine	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i	My Old Flame	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Naima	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	John Coltrane
i	Nica's Dream	Jazz Cussion / Marion Brown	1991	The Jazz Messengers
i	Once I Loved	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Agostinho dos Santos
i	Passion Flower	Marion Brown	1978	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Prelude to a Kiss	Marion Brown	1978	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Prelude to a Kiss	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	'Round Midnight	Marion Brown	1985	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i	Self Portrait in Three Colors	Marion Brown Quintet	1993	Charles Mingus
i	Since I Fell for You	Marion Brown	1982	Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i	Smada	Marion Brown	1978	Unverified
i	Soft Winds	Marion Brown	1979	Benny Goodman Sextet
i	Solitude	Marion Brown	1978	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Someone to Watch over Me	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i	Sonnymoon for Two	Marion Brown	1979	Sonny Rollins
i	Soul Eyes	Marion Brown	1979	Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar with Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
i	Spotted Dog	Marion Brown	1978	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis
i	Stella by Starlight	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i	The Inch Worm	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
	Visions	Marion Brown	1975	Stevie Wonder
i	You Don't Know What Love Is	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL

Songs written by Marion Brown

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Capricorn Moon	Marion Brown	Marion Brown Quartet	November 1965	Covered by His Name Is Alive
Fortunato	Marion Brown	Marion Brown	1968	Covered by Archie Shepp, Dollar Brand
Juba Lee	Marion Brown	Marion Brown Septet	November 1966	Covered by His Name Is Alive
November Cotton Flower	Marion Brown	Marion Brown	June 1979	Covered by His Name Is Alive
Once upon a Time	Marion Brown	Marion Brown	June 4, 1973	Covered by His Name Is Alive
Sweet Earth Flying	Marion Brown	Marion Brown	May 1974	Covered by His Name Is Alive

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Echoes of Blue	Marion Brown & Jazz Cussion	2000	Double Moon Records
Geechee Recollections	Marion Brown	1973	Impulse!
Juba Lee	Marion Brown Septet	1967	Fontana
<<La Placita>> Live in Willisau	Marion Brown	1979	Timeless Records [NL]
Marion Brown Quartet	Marion Brown Quartet	1966	ESP-Disk'
Much More !	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1989	Free Lance
Native Land	Jazz Cussion / Marion Brown	1991	ITM Records
November Cotton Flower	Marion Brown	1979	Baystate
Offering	Marion Brown Quintet	1993	Venus Records
Passion Flower	Marion Brown	1978	Baystate
Recollections	Marion Brown	1985	Creative Works
Solo Saxophone	Marion Brown	1977	Sweet Earth
Solo Saxophone [1982]	Marion Brown	1982	(self-released)
Songs of Love and Regret	Mal Waldron/Marion Brown	1986	Free Lance
Soul Eyes	Marion Brown	1979	Baystate
Sweet Earth Flying	Marion Brown	1974	Impulse!
Vista	Marion Brown	1975	Impulse!
Why Not	Marion Brown	1968	ESP-Disk'