ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ, Black Friday, and Free Jazz
By Tom Porter
A recording by former ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ music professor and free jazz pioneer Marion Brown ’74 has been rereleased more than half a century after it was recorded.
The album, Creative Improvisation Ensemble, was recorded in Paris, France, in 1970 by Brown, primarily a saxophonist, and trumpet player Leo Smith. Both musicians also play various percussion on the record.
Forty-eight years after it was last pressed on vinyl, the album has been released as one of Record Store Day’s Black Friday titles, said Chris Brown ’91, chief financial officer at the Mai