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Sweet Earth Flying

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Sweet Earth Flying
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedMay 6 & 7, 1974
Intermedia Sound Studios, Boston
GenreJazz
Length38:52
LabelImpulse!
AS 9275
ProducerEd Michel
Marion Brown chronology
Geechee Recollections
(1973)
Sweet Earth Flying
(1974)
Vista
(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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[4]

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4+12 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed May 1, 2012
  2. ^ Gotrich, Lars (October 19, 2010). "Georgia Recollections: Goodbye, Marion Brown". npr.org. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 1, 2012
  4. ^ Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s) (Reference)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 21, 2023.