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This one was taped as part of a mid-Eighties series that can only be described as essential to the power of necessary, times infinity squared.
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From 1984 through to about 1988, the radio home of Brandeis University in Massachusetts broadcast a semi-weekly program called "The Joint" featuring some of the hippest Jazzers then jazzing.
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I'll have a bunch of these for y'all as their anniversaries come up, but this one is from 36 years ago today and might be the single most astonishing one.
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It's 68+ minutes of beautifully-captured solo saxophone, provided by one of our epoch's most tremendous alto practitioners.
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I don't know about you, but there's few things I consider less significant in this lifetime than nearly 70 minutes of vintage, unaccompanied Marion Brown.
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One of the most undersung and deeply lyrical players of our era, with one note or phrase you know who's blowing without even thinking.
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He gets into a bunch of standards here -- if I can figure out what the 2nd tune is before I fall over, I'll die happy -- with an emphasis on compositions of Thelonious Monk.
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Marion Brown
"The Joint" on WBRS-FM
Winer Wing
USDAN Student Center
Brandeis University
4.18.1985
01 Angel Eyes
02 unidentified title
03 I Can't Get Started
04 Hurry Sundown
05 Since I Fell for You
06 Black and Tan Fantasy
07 'Round Midnight
08 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
09 La Placita
10 Ask Me Now
Total time: 1:08:43
Marion Brown - alto saxophone
1st gen cassette of the original WBRS-FM broadcast
306 MB FLAC/April 2021 archive link
Marion Brown would have been 90 this September, so don't be surprised if he makes a repeat appearance.