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Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown
Studio album by
Amina Claudine Myers
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

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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
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Allmusic[3]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2011.
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