1995’s debut Brown Sugar had already strategically positioned D’Angelo—born Michael Eugene Archer and Virginia-raised to a Pentecostal preacher father—as the next Hendrix-like deity in black music

and Silver Jews (back when he recorded with a string and 2 cans)

“It’s something we hadn’t referenced in our music before

Puerto Rico was one of his first destinations

white and blue marbled double vinyl with the album artwork featured on each disc

Marion Brown - Porto Novo (Colored Vinyl, limited to 1500, indie exclusive) metal 1995’s debut Brown Sugar hadAltoist Marion Brown is perhaps best known for performances on albums by his contemporaries, such as Coltrane's Ascension, but Brown stands on his own as one of the most creative and important forces to come out of the 1960s avant garde jazz movement. Porto Novo is widely regarded as one of Brown's best recordings, captured during a 1967 session in Holland at the peak of his creative powers, accompanied by bassist Maarten van Regteben Altena and