Afternoon of a Georgia Faun

Afternoon of a Georgia Faun
Original LP cover
Studio album by
Released1970 (1970)
RecordedAugust 10, 1970 (1970-08-10)
StudioSound Ideas Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length35:04
LabelECM
ECM 1004 ST
ProducerManfred Eicher
Marion Brown chronology
In Sommerhausen
(1969)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun
(1970)
Duets
(1973)

Afternoon of a Georgia Faun is an album by American jazz saxophonist Marion Brown recorded on August 10, 1970 and released on ECM later that year. The sextet features fellow saxophonists Anthony Braxton and Bennie Maupin, pianist Chick Corea, and vocalists Jeanne Lee and Gayle Palmore, backed by two percussionists on one side and five on the other.[1]

Along with Brown's Geechee Recollections and Sweet Earth Flying, Afternoon of a Georgia Faun is dedicated to the state of Georgia.[2]

  1. ^ ECM discography Archived October 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine accessed August 30, 2011
  2. ^ Gotrich, Lars (October 19, 2010). "Georgia Recollections: Goodbye, Marion Brown". npr.org. Retrieved March 20, 2020.