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Sweet Earth Flower

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Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown

Compilation album by

His Name Is Alive

Released

November 6, 2007

Recorded

Brown Rice Studios and University of Michigan Museum of Art
20 November 2004 – 14 October 2006

Genre

Rock, experimental rock, jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz

Length

60:33

Label

High Two

Producer

Warn Defever

His Name is Alive chronology

XMMER
(2007)

Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown
(2007)

Firefly Dragonfly
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Sweet Earth Flower is a tribute album by His Name Is Alive recorded to honor the music of Marion Brown. 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.^[2]

Track listing

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Side A

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

Side B

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

Compositions

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All pieces were composed by Marion Brown, except "Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim," which was written by longtime Brown collaborator Harold Budd. The track appears on Budd's Pavilion of Dreams album, as well as the Brown album Vista.

Recording sessions

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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 University of Michigan Museum of Art.^[1]

Other musicians

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While His Name is Alive has been a rotating cast of musicians since its inception, Sweet Earth Flower features a new crop of contributors. Elliot Bergman, leader of the Michigan 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

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Warn Defever - guitar, piano
Elliot Bergman - tenor saxophone, Rhodes
Jamie Saltsman - double bass
Justin Walter - trumpet
Jamie Easter - percussion
Dan Piccolo - drums, percussion
Michael Herbst - alto saxophone
Erik Hall - electric piano
Olman Piedra - congas, cajon

Sleeve

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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

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Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	November 6, 2007	High Two	CD	HT014

Notes

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^ ^a ^b Allmusic review
^ Jurek, Thom. "Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown". allmusic. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

External links

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Album notes and reviews from High Two

v t e His Name Is Alive
Warren Defever Karin Oliver Lovetta Pippen
Studio albums	Livonia (1990) Home Is in Your Head (1991) Mouth by Mouth (1993) Stars on E.S.P. (1996) Ft. Lake (1998) Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (2001) Last Night (2002) Detrola (2006) XMMER (2007) Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (2007)
Independent releases	Sounds of Mexico (1994) Finer Twilights (1997) Great Lakes State Blues (1997) Golden City (1998) Radio LP (1998) RMX's (2000) Rare Tracks in the Snow (2000) The Emergency LP (2000) When the Stars Refuse to Shine (2000) Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (2001) Cloud Box (2004) Brown Rice (2005) Summer Bird (2005) UFO Catcher (2005) Livonia Strings (2006)
Compilations	Sings Man on the Silver Mountain and 8 Other Songs (1992) King of Sweet (1993) Always Stay Sweet (1999)
Singles & EPs	The Dirt Eaters EP Universal Frequencies EP "Country Girl" Nice Day EP You Need a Heart to Live EP "Can't Always Be Loved" "Nothing Special" "Happy Blues" "Write My Name in the Groove" Raindrops Rainbow EP Silver Makeup EP Firefly Dragonfly EP
Related articles	Discography 4AD Livonia, Michigan Mark Kozelek Marion Brown

v t e Marion Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Marion Brown Quartet (1965) Juba-Lee (1966) Three for Shepp (1966) Why Not? (1966) Porto Novo (1967) Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970) Geechee Recollections (1973) Sweet Earth Flying (1974) Vista (1975)
Live albums	Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 (1981)
Tribute albums	Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown (1979) Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (2004 & 2006)

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Release history

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