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He first reached a wide audience in 1958, when he began playing with the great bassist charles mingus. Booker ervin the song book 200g vinyl lp music direct. Booker ervin biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. Provided to youtube by universal music group gichi remastered booker ervin tex book tenor. 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. Booker ervin tenor saxophonetommy flanagan pianorichard davis bassalan dawson drumshidemy. Stream tex book tenor by booker ervin and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Lp1 was reissued as horace parlan happy frame of mind. The title is based on the town booker is from, denison.

He is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. 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. 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. He was originally a trombonist, but taught read full biography. Listen to tex book tenor in full in the spotify app. Ervins aggressiveness, his ferocity, his incomparable texas spaciousness of sound and style, are undiminished. Booker ervin the song book on 200g lp prestige stereo reissue series from analogue productions. Texbook tenor connoisseur series by booker ervin album. 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. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Bethlehem bcp6048 the book booker ervin the book cooks. 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.

Booker telleferro ervin ii was an american tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. So did booker, who has a closer relationship with the governor than the. His father played trombone with buddy tate and taught booker the instrument at an early age. The first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist booker ervins the freedom book is an overlooked classic. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. Of booker ervins nine prestige albums, this one is special because it presents him exclusively in the context of standard songs. Texbook tenor connoisseur series, an album by booker ervin. Booker ervin, tenor saxophone tommy flanagan, piano tommy turrentine, trumpet george tucker, bass dannie richmond, drums zoot sims, tenor saxophone a very distinctive tenor. Pr 7295 the freedom book original jazz classics cd. June 1983 tis pleasant, sure, to see ones name in print.

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. 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. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Booker telleferro ervin ii october 31, 1930 august 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. It is part of a series that byard later did for eventually blue note and includes structurally sound and the in between. Of booker ervins nine prestige albums, this one is special because it presents him exclusively in the contexts of standard songs. 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 users group, and for publishing the tugboat newsletter see appendix j. 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. Booker ervin back from the gig, of which this cd is a reissue of lp2. 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.

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. Blue note 0946 3 11439 2 2 booker ervin tex book tenor. Booker ervinthe song bookhybrid stereo sacdacoustic sounds. 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. 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. After finishing high school booker joined the united states air force and was stationed in okinawa, where he learned to play the tenor sax. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Tenor saxophonist booker ervin possessed one of the warmest and emotionally expressive tones in jazz.