Sweet Earth Flying Explained

Sweet Earth Flying
Type:	Album
Artist:	Marion Brown
Cover:	Sweet Earth Flying.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	May 6 & 7, 1974 Intermedia Sound Studios, Boston
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:52
Label:	Impulse! AS 9275
Producer:	Ed Michel
Chronology:	Marion Brown
Prev Title:	Geechee Recollections
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Vista
Next Year:	1975

Sweet Earth Flying is an album by American jazz saxophonist Marion Brown recorded in 1974 and released on the Impulse! label.^[1] Along with Afternoon of a Georgia Faun and Geechee Recollections, it was one of Brown's albums dedicated to the US state of Georgia.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album stars stating "Sweet Earth Flying is arguably Marion Brown's finest work and certainly one of the underappreciated treasures of '70s jazz... Very highly recommended to open-eared jazz fans of all tastes".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Marion Brown except as indicated

1. "Sweet Earth Flying Part 1" - 3:38
2. "Sweet Earth Flying Part 3" - 5:55
3. "Sweet Earth Flying Part 4: Prince Willie" (Brown, Bill Hasson) - 5:55
4. "Sweet Earth Flying Part 5" - 5:06
5. "Eleven Light City Part 1" - 7:16
6. "Eleven Light City Part 2" - 2:08
7. "Eleven Light City Part 3" - 5:50
8. "Eleven Light City Part 4" - 3:04

Personnel

• Marion Brown - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Muhal Richard Abrams (tracks 2–8), Paul Bley (tracks 1, 2, 5–8) - piano, electric piano, organ
• James Jefferson - bass, electric bass
• Steve McCall - drums, percussion
• Bill Hasson - percussion, narration

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9200-series/#as-9275 Impulse! Records discography
2. Web site: Gotrich . Lars . October 19, 2010 . Georgia Recollections: Goodbye, Marion Brown . npr.org . March 20, 2020.
3. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 1, 2012