Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown

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Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown
File:Poems for Piano.jpg
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedJuly 26, 1979
GenreJazz
Length51:31
LabelSweet Earth
Amina Claudine Myers chronology
Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown
(1979)
Song for Mother E
(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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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

References

  1. "Amina Claudine Myers - Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  2. "Marion Brown discography". Jazz Lists. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2011.