Sweet Earth Flower

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Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown
Tribute album by His Name is Alive
Released November 06, 2007 (2007-11-06)
Recorded Brown Rice Studios and University of Michigan Museum of Art
20 November 2004 – 14 October 2006
Genre Rock, experimental rock, jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Length 60:33
Label High Two
Producer Warn Defever
Professional reviews
His Name is Alive chronology
XMMER
(2007)		 Sweet Earth Flower
(2007)		 Firefly Dragonfly
(2007)

Sweet Earth Flower is a tribute album His Name is Alive recorded to honor the music of Marion Brown. Although it appeared after the Xmmer album, it was recorded between the release of Detrola and Xmmer. It was released by the High Two label in 2007.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

  1. Sweet Earth Flying - 6:58
  2. Juba Lee - 8:02
  3. Capricorn Moon (live) - 13:32
  4. November Cotton Flower - 4:34

[edit] Side B

  1. Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim - 4:47
  2. Geechee Recollections (I) - 9:07
  3. Geechee Recollections (II) - 6:11
  4. Sweet Earth Flying (live) - 7:22

[edit] Compositions

All songs were composed by Marion Brown, except "Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim," which was written by longtime Brown collaborator Harold Budd. The track appears on Budd's Pavillion of Dreams album, as well as the Brown album Vista.


[edit] Recording sessions

The album was recorded partly as a live concert and partly in studio sessions. Live tracks recorded November 2004 at University of Michigan Museum of Art. Subsequent studio tracks were recorded at Defever's Brown Rice Studio in Detroit.

[edit] Other musicians

While His Name is Alive has been a rotating cast of musicians since its inception, Sweet Earth Flower features a new crop of contributors. Elliot Bergman, leader of the Michigan band Nomo, was a key contributor to Detrola. He appears on much of Sweet Earth Flower, with much of Nomo in tow. Dan Piccolo, Michael Herbst, Justin Walter, Erik Hall, and Olman Piedra.


[edit] Personnel

[edit] Sleeve

The album's sleeve was designed by Warn Defever and Dion Fischer. It features two stencil images of Brown. The cover features a reverse image of Brown.


[edit] Release history

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United State November 6, 2007 High Two CD HT014