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Ive got just about everything booker recorded on prestige thanx to emusic and was wondering if sotw members could recommend other great booker ervin recordings. Booker telleferro ervin ii denison, texas, october 31, 1930 new york city, july 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. Ive purchased every booker ervin session i could find and afford ever since a friend told me about him a few years ago. I will post part 2 when it appears in jazz profiles. Back from the gig is a double lp by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1968 but not released on the blue note label until 1976. His nine prestige sessions of 19631966 including the freedom book, the song book, the blues book, and the space book are among the high points of his career. I think stef would agree with me in that i dont think there is a single mediocre lp in the entirety of those mentioned above. June 1983 tis pleasant, sure, to see ones name in print. May 09, 2007 the first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist booker ervin s the freedom book is an overlooked classic.

A very distinctive tenor with a hard, passionate tone and an emotional style that was still tied to chordal improvisation, booker ervin was a true original. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. Revealing the power of the blood of jesus from genesis to revelation, and celebrating jesus in the biblical feasts, and more on. More than a simple mingus alumni although thats already quite something, mr booker telleferro ervin ii was a hard tenor blower, with a rooted, strong yet sensitive play, also competent on trombone no wonder why mingus hired him so often. Lp1 was reissued as horace parlan happy frame of mind. It was a more modernized, subtle version of honking texas tenors, with hard bop sensibilities. Nice, swingin tune from a great cd, another recording session that blue note sat on for while before releasing for who knows what reason. Tex book tenor 2005 sounds of the inner city 1959 the book cooks feat. At 15, tex is spirited as a wild mustang and goodnatured as a pup. See all books authored by richard booker, including the miracle of the scarlet thread expanded edition. He grew up on a farm with his mother and father and brother mason. Bcp 6048 booker ervin the book cooks tommy turrentine tp 15 booker ervin ts zoot sims ts 15 tommy flanagan p george tucker b dannie richmond d nyc, april 6, 1960 barcode and other identifiers matrix runout. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Although his career was short cancer claimed him in the summer of 1970 when he was.

Booker ervin s solo from his recording the song book 250 bpm all the things you are tenor saxophone. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. He was originally a trombonist, but taught read full biography. May 29, 2018 the following is a very interesting article by simon spillett about booker ervin that has been essentially reproduced in jazz profiles. Randy westons cry me not is strayhorn esque and beautiful. Booker telleferro ervin ii october 31, 1930 august 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. Books by richard booker meet your next favorite book. Provided to youtube by universal music group gichi remastered booker ervin tex book tenor. Mojo, white christmas remastered, tyra 1997 remaster, gichi remastered, berkshire blues remastered, biography. No lands man perkins artists frank strozier alto sax booker ervin tenor sax horace parlan piano butch warren bass walter perkins drums recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, june 19, 1963 following the familiar path of military service, then college music education, the young texan booker ervin cut his music. Booker ervin you dont know what love is 1966 duration.

Tex book tenor by booker ervin on amazon music unlimited. Booker ervin tex book tenor cd album at cd universe. The session was first released in 1976 as a double lp back from the gig combined with a 1964 session recorded under horace parlans leadership and finally released in 2005 on cd. Booker ervin is a strong, powerful, earthy, bluesy player. Booker ervin the in between full album free music streaming. Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. Hinton, is a story about a boy who grew up in oklahoma. A very distinctive tenor with a hard, passionate tone and an emotional style that was still tied to. Tenor saxophonist booker ervin possessed one of the warmest and emotionally expressive tones in jazz. Come october, the money has run out and still no pop. Booker ervin booker telleferro ervin ii born october 31, 1930, denison, tx. The space book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the prestige label, with his quartet including jaki byard on piano, richard davis on bass, and alan dawson on drums. He first reached a wide audience in 1958, when he began playing with the great bassist charles mingus.

Richard booker has 42 books on goodreads with 3014 ratings. Richard booker books list of books by author richard booker. The freedom book rvg remaster, tex book tenor, structurally sound, the in between, groovin high, top tracks. Booker ervin structurally sound full album free music. The quest cd 1996 value guaranteed from ebays biggest seller. His mother died when he was young and his father was always on the road and never at home. To answer the op, i like booker ervin, but i prefer hank mobley. His own sessions are of the highest interest, wether for bethlehem, savoy, candid or prestige, and he ranks amongst the highly. Booker ervin s debut lp reissued fresh air november 11, 20 downhome and majestic, the tenor saxophonists sound was like a cane stalk shooting up out of rich earth.

Tex book tenor is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring the last performances ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the blue note label. The third of ten titles recorded for prestige between 1963 and 1966, booker ervins the freedom book finds the texasborn tenor player supported by the insync rhythm section of jaki byard piano, richard davis bass, and alan dawson drums. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervin s debut date for blue note, the in between, which was released in january of the same year. Listen free to booker ervin the blues book eerie dearie, one for mort and more. Ervin played on some of mingus greatest recordings, including the seminal lp mingus ah um. The earlier session was later released in 1988 as originally intended under horace parlan s name as happy frame of mind and.

Booker ervin biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. He repeats himself a lot, and seems to have a relatively small vocabulary of riffs, scales and patterns, all of which he uses brilliantly. He is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. Richard bookers most popular book is the miracle of the scarlet thread expanded edition. Booker ervin back from the gig, of which this cd is a reissue of lp2. The title is based on the town booker is from, denison. The song book, the blues book and the space book were all subsequently recorded in 1964 for prestige, but this seminal 1963 recording is a masterpiece of unconventional, advanced hard bop. Booker ervin tex book tenor vinyl mp3 album download.

From the back from the gig lp 1976 tenor saxophone booker ervin trumpet woody shaw piano kenny barron drums. It is part of a series that byard later did for eventually blue note and includes structurally sound and the in between. He and his 17yearold brother mason have been on their own since pop left for the summer rodeo tour. In time of trouble, will you stand or bend, fear not the future for god is a faithful friend. Tex users group, and for publishing the tugboat newsletter see appendix j. When ervin convened this quintet in december 1966, hed had a string of critically acclaimed and extraordinarily creative albums on prestige case in point. Booker ervins solo from his recording the song book. The double meaning of the word sound in this title references both the phenomenon of sound and, particularly, booker ervin s durability. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervins debut date for blue note, the in between, which was released in january of the same year.

Or how the newly reissued tex book tenor blue note, a postbop powerhouse 68 session made two years before his death, sat on the shelves for almost a decade, in print only sporadically since. The session was first released in 1976 as a double lp back from the gig combined with a 1964 session recorded under horace parlans leadership released in 1988 as happy frame of mind and finally released in 2005 on cd. According to steven cerra, the essay appeared in the box set on acrobat, booker ervin. I also love the bass work done by jan arnett, an eastern european who is seldom. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 1976 compilant des sessions pas sorties qui seront ensuite publiees comme horace parlans happy frame of mind en 1988 et ervins tex book tenor en 2005. Anyone else love booker ervin s sound as much as i do. Aug 14, 2011 roy haynes and booker ervin quartet dorian 1963 personnel.

Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Booker ervin tenor sax, ronnie mathews piano, larry ridley bass, roy haynes drums. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 1976 compiling then unreleased sessions that would later be issued as horace parlans. Bethlehem bcp6048 the book booker ervin the book cooks bethlehem bcp6065 various artists golden jazz instrumentals bethlehem 4511093 booker ervin git it little jane.

Listen to your favorite songs from tex book tenor by booker ervin now. Jul, 2014 i had a feeling you would soon be covering booker ervin, another underappreciated genius. The book that has finally won him the prize is, at a hundred and seventysix pages, the slimmest of the six shortlisted titles. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.

Things that are must come to an end, before things that are better can begin. In some ways tenor saxophonist booker ervin was the archetypal jazz player for the postbop 1960s, combining the tradition of texas sax with just the hint of edgy modernism, a sort of the deltameetsmorocco sound so accessible that it is easy to miss the chances ervin took with his music. Ervin is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. Ervin, who is on several notable charles mingus records, made dates of his own for bethlehem, savoy, and candid during 19601961, along with later sets for pacific jazz and blue note. Bcp 6048 booker ervin the book cooks tommy turrentine tp 15 booker ervin ts zoot sims ts 15 tommy flanagan p george tucker b dannie richmond d. Setting the pace is an album by saxophonists dexter gordon and booker ervin recorded in munich in 1965 and released on the prestige label. Tex book tenor by booker ervin 94631143922 cd barnes.