Marion Brown & Leo Smith
Creative Improvisation Ensemble (RSDBF 2023)
Date: 11/24/2023
Format: LP
Label: Freedom – FLP40136, ORG Music – ORGM-2150
Quantity: 1400
Release type: Reissued RSD Exclusive Transparent Red Colored Vinyl LP Pressing
Creative Improvisation Ensemble captures the meeting of two avant-garde giants, Marion Brown and Wadada Leo Smith, on May 12, 1970 in Paris, France. The session finds Brown and Smith on their primary instruments, alto saxophone and trumpet respectively, with both musicians performing various percussion instruments as well. The release marks the latest edition of Org Music’s Freedom Records reissues series, mastered for vinyl by Dave Gardner and pressed at Pallas Group on transparent red audiophile-grade vinyl. The album has not been pressed on vinyl since its original release in 1975.
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