His Name Is Alive Cut Marion Brown Tribute Disc

His Name Is Alive Cut Marion Brown Tribute Disc Even though Xmmer's only been setting record store shelves ablaze for a month now, Michigan trend-buckers His Name Is Alive already have another red hot release in queue.

Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown arrives November 6, courtesy of Philadelphia's High Two imprint. The disc sprung from a one-off 2004 HNIA concert that paid homage to the accomplished but unsung avant-garde jazz saxophonist, who has worked with John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, and Brian Eno, among others.

The LP bundles a couple live cuts, as well as studio versions of the tribute tracks; it also features guest appearances from members of Nomo and Antibalas.

Brown himself has given Sweet Earth Flower his blessing: "It's beautiful. Thank you. You really understand me."

Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown:

01 Sweet Earth Flying
02 Juba Lee
03 Capricorn Moon (Live)
04 November Cotton Flower
05 Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim
06 Geechee Recollections (I)
07 Geechee Recollections (II)
08 Sweet Earth Flying (Live)

His Name Is Alive:

10-18 New York, NYC - Knitting Factory (CMJ)
10-23 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
10-25 Chicago, IL - Schubas
10-26 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
11-13 Pontiac, MI - TBA
Posted by Matthew Solarski on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 3:00pm