Tenor saxophonist booker ervin possessed one of the warmest and emotionally expressive tones in jazz. He first reached a wide audience in 1958, when he began playing with the great bassist charles mingus. It is part of a series that byard later did for eventually blue note and includes structurally sound and the in between. Provided to youtube by universal music group gichi remastered booker ervin tex book tenor. Booker ervin, tenor saxophone tommy flanagan, piano tommy turrentine, trumpet george tucker, bass dannie richmond, drums zoot sims, tenor saxophone a very distinctive tenor. Stream tex book tenor by booker ervin and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Of booker ervins nine prestige albums, this one is special because it presents him exclusively in the contexts of standard songs.
The album remained unreleased until 1976, when it was issued with an also unreleased horace parlan date on a double lp called back from the gig. This undersold 1960 gem, now reissued by verse music group, is a soulful and heated jazz set as capable of smoldering as it is of. After finishing high school booker joined the united states air force and was stationed in okinawa, where he learned to play the tenor sax. The first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist booker ervins the freedom book is an overlooked classic. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Booker ervin tenor saxophonetommy flanagan pianorichard davis bassalan dawson drumshidemy.
Booker telleferro ervin ii was an american tenor saxophone player. 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. Booker ervinstateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a, a, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. Listen to tex book tenor in full in the spotify app. Pr 7295 the freedom book original jazz classics cd. Booker ervin the song book on 200g lp prestige stereo reissue series from analogue productions. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. 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.
Texbook tenor connoisseur series, an album by booker ervin. Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. Booker ervinthe song bookhybrid stereo sacdacoustic sounds. 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. Booker telleferro ervin ii october 31, 1930 august 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player.
Texbook tenor connoisseur series by booker ervin album. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. Music direct reserves the right to select the carrier and. 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 less free than the title suggests, the album remains challenging. Blue note 0946 3 11439 2 2 booker ervin tex book tenor. Of booker ervins nine prestige albums, this one is special because it presents him exclusively in the context of standard songs. Ervins aggressiveness, his ferocity, his incomparable texas spaciousness of sound and style, are undiminished.
He is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. He was originally a trombonist, but taught read full biography. 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. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. 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. Nice, swingin tune from a great cd, another recording session that blue note sat on for while before releasing for who knows what reason. So did booker, who has a closer relationship with the governor than the. 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. 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. 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. His father played trombone with buddy tate and taught booker the instrument at an early age. Tex users group, and for publishing the tugboat newsletter see appendix j. Booker ervin biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
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