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Marion Brown (born 8 September 1935 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a jazz alto-saxophonist and ethnomusicologist.

Brown studied music education, political science, and history at Clark College and Howard University. He played in an army band, before heading to New York in 1957. It was here that he became involved in the free jazz movement, playing on early free jazz albums such as Archie Shepp's Fire Music and John Coltrane's Ascension. In the mid-1960s he travelled to Europe where he developed an interest in African music. He returned to the US in 1970, where he began teaching and studying linguistics and composition.

He has also performed with Harold Budd, John Fischer and Gunter Hampel.

• 1966: Three For Shepp (Impulse!)
• 1966: Juba Lee (Fontana)
• 1966: Why Not? (ESP)
• 1967: Marion Brown Quartet (ESP / Fontana)
• 1967: Porto Novo (Arista)
• 1969; In Sommerhausen (with Hampel and Jeanne Lee)
• 1970: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM)
• 1973: Duets (Freedom)
• 1973: Geechee Recollections (Impulse!)
• 1974: Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!)
• 1975: Vista (Impulse!)
• 1977: La Placita / Live in Willisau (Timeless)
• 1977: Solo Saxophone (Sweet Earth)
• 1978: Reeds 'n Vibes (with Gunter Hampel) (Improvising Artists Inc.)
• 1980: Back To Paris (Freelance)
• 1983: Gemini (Birth)
• 1985: Recollections (Creative Works)
• 1990: Native Land (ITM)
• Offering
• Gesprächsfetzen

Indie rockers Superchunk included a song called "Song For Marion Brown" on their Indoor Living release, and Savath and Savalas released a piece entitled "Two Blues For Marion Brown" as part of Hefty Records's Immediate Action series.

Harold Budd recorded Marion Brown's "Sweet Earth Flying" on his album Luxa.

• Marion Brown Discography
• "A Fireside Chat with Marion Brown" from All About Jazz