Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown

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.

Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown
Studio album by Amina Claudine Myers
Released	1979
Recorded	July 26, 1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:31
Label	Sweet Earth
Amina Claudine Myers chronology
Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown (1979) Song for Mother E (1980)

Reception

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".[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

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

• Amina Claudine Myers - piano

References

1. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2011.