1968 studio album by Marion Brown
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.