Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown explained

Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown
Type:	Album
Artist:	Amina Claudine Myers
Cover:	Poems for Piano.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	July 26, 1979
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	51:31
Label:	Sweet Earth
Chronology:	Amina Claudine Myers
Next Title:	Song for Mother E
Next Year:	1980

Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown is the debut album by American pianist Amina Claudine Myers featuring performances recorded in 1979 for the Sweet Earth label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Poems for Piano is a superb recording, offering abundant evidence of both Marion Brown's deep and sensitive compositional gifts and Amina Claudine Myers' all-too-unrecognized strengths as a player and interpreter. Highly recommended".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Marion Brown except as indicated

1. "Sweet Earth Flying" - 10:00
2. "November Cotton Flower" - 9:08
3. "Evening Song" - 7:57
4. "Sunday Comedown" - 9:18
5. "Golden Lady in the Graham Cracker Window" - 5:00
6. "Sienna Maimoun" - 4:00
7. "Going Home" (Amina Claudine Myers) - 6:08

• Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on July 26, 1979

Personnel

• Amina Claudine Myers - piano

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amina Claudine Myers - Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown . Jazz Music Archives . October 18, 2022.
2. Web site: Marion Brown discography . Jazz Lists . October 18, 2022.
3. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2011.