''Sweet Earth Flower'' is a tribute album

His Name is Alive His Name Is Alive is an American experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label. Throughout the band's long history, leader Warre ...

recorded to honor the music of

Marion Brown Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongs ...

. 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.

Track listing

Side A

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

Side B

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

Compositions

All pieces were composed by

, except "Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim," which was written by longtime Brown collaborator

Harold Budd Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936December 8, 2020) was an American composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimalist and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the l ...

. The track appears on Budd's Pavilion of Dreams album, as well as the Brown album

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Recording sessions

The album was recorded partly as a live concert and partly in studio sessions. The album's three live tracks were recorded November 2004 at

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Other musicians

While

has been a rotating cast of musicians since its inception, Sweet Earth Flower features a new crop of contributors. Elliot Bergman, leader of the

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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.

Personnel

* Warn Defever - guitar, piano * Elliot Bergman -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

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* Jamie Saltsman -

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

* Justin Walter - trumpet * Jamie Easter - percussion * Dan Piccolo - drums, percussion * Michael Herbst -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

* Erik Hall -

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

* Olman Piedra -

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

, cajon

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.

Release history

Notes

External links

Album notes and reviews from High Two
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