Geechee Recollections

1973 studio album by Marion Brown

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

Duets
(1973)

Geechee Recollections
(1973)

Sweet Earth Flying
(1974)

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.
^ ^a ^b 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.