Blue Planet Man is a 1993 album by organist Big John Patton which features John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

. It was originally released on King Records/Paddle Wheel Records in Japan in 1993 and subsequently released in the USA on Evidence Records in 1997.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 3 stars noting that "Not one of Patton's essential releases, Blue Planet Man is definitely enjoyable and well-intended -- the album reminds us that Patton can hardly be considered one-dimensional".

Track listing

1. "Congo Chant" - 8:47
2. "Funky Mama" - 6:49
3. "Claudette" - 7:56
4. "Chip" - 5:43
5. "Popeye" - 8:01
6. "What's Your Name" - 4:25
7. "U-Jama" (Shepp
   Archie Shepp
   Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
   
   ) - 6:53
8. "Bama" - 4:28

All compositions by "Big" John Patton except as indicated.

• Recorded at Skyline Studios, New York, April 12 & 13, 1993

Personnel

• Big John Patton – organ
• John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
   – alto saxophone
• Pete Chavez – tenor saxophone
• Bill Saxton – tenor and soprano saxophones
• Ed Cherry – guitar
• Eddie Gladden
  Eddie Gladden
  Eddie Gladden was an American jazz drummer.Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark...
  
   – drums
• Lawrence Killian – congas
• Rorie Nichols – vocal