Why Not? (Marion Brown album)

Why Not?
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedOctober 23, 1966
LabelESP-Disk
Marion Brown chronology
Porto Novo
(1967)
Why Not?
(1968)
Gesprächsfetzen
(1968)

Why Not? is an album by American saxophonist Marion Brown. It was recorded in October 1966 in New York City, and was released in 1968 on the ESP-Disk label. The album, which was also released with the title Why Not, features Brown on alto saxophone, Stanley Cowell on piano, Sirone (Norris Jones) on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums.[1] The album was recorded roughly a month prior to Brown's album Juba-Lee. The tracks were reissued on the 2020 ezz-thetics (Hat Hut) album Why Not? Porto Novo! Revisited.

  1. ^ "Marion Brown Quartet Volume II: Why Not". Georgia Recollections: The Marion Brown Discography. Retrieved March 21, 2021.