"Porto Novo" was the result of Marion Brown's first musical encounter with European free improvisers. According to Brown, the experience helped him transition from being a solo-oriented musician to one who was able to think both compositionally and in terms of structured improvisations. The album title refers to the former Portuguese colony from which African slaves were sent to the Carribean and North America.

Marion Brown - alto saxophone.
Maarten van Regteren Aktena - bass.
Han Bennink - drums.

Similar limits.
Sound structure.
Improvisation.
QBIC.
Porto Novo.
And then they danced.
Rhythmus N° 1.