Als in begins in a dramatic way almost like coltranes drum thing, with the. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 1976 compiling then unreleased sessions that would later be issued as horace parlans. Different perspectives in my room booker ervin back. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervin s debut date for blue. Oct 04, 2005 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. Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. Booker ervin back from the gig blue note bnla488h2. Find album credit information for tex book tenor booker ervin on allmusic.
Tex book tenor by booker ervin, released in 2005 on blue note records. Freddie hubbard, charles tolliver, richard williams, trumpet. The freedom book rudy van gelder remasters booker ervin. Booker ervin tenor sax woody shaw trumpet kenny barron piano jan arnett bass billy higgins drums. Find top songs and albums by booker ervin including white christmas, 204 and.
But his style went beyond the classic texas tenor tradition to incorporate the intricacies of bebop and suggestions of the free jazz that was initiating one of the periods of selfrenewal that keeps jazz fresh and interesting. He was originally a trombonist, but taught himself tenor while in the air force 19501953. Booker telleferro ervin ii denison, texas, october 31, 1930 new york city, july 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. Blue note 0946 3 11439 2 2 booker ervin tex book tenor. Oct 07, 2008 booker ervin s tex book tenor finds the tenor saxophonist surrounded by a talented cast consisting of woody shaw trumpet, kenny barron piano, jan arnet piano, and billy higgins drums. Booker ervin the freedom book 1964 apo remaster 2017. The playing is passionate almost to the point of frenzy, but always vulnerable to the degree that a bent half note can break your heart. Booker ervin tenor sax, jaki byard piano, richard davis bass, alan dawson drums. Booker ervin the freedom book prestige 1964 flophouse.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. Be by now if sigmund freuds wife was your mother, stormy weather, melody from the drums, reincarnation of a lovebird no. Texbook tenor displays ervin s most brilliant, soulful and downright mean hard bop tenor saxophone. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Plus 100,000 amfm radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. But to trifectaulate the pairing, add in horace parlans happy state of mind. It is part of a series that byard later did for eventually blue note and includes structurally sound and the in between. Listen to your favorite songs from tex book tenor by booker ervin now. 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. The good book acrobat acqcd 7121 which compiled his three earliest albums the book cooks, cookin and thats it. Happy frame of mind in 1988 and ervins tex book tenor in 2005. The flawless drumming of billy higgins propels the session.
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. 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. Boldtoned tenor saxophonist ervin 19301970 played for charles mingus and. Listen to tex book tenor by booker ervin on deezer. Hes also got some harlem in his horn, able to dive into a complex run in an instant. Jan 01, 2005 texas tenor is what is played by booker and to quote the booklet texas tenor means the tone is strong, clean and biting almost to the point of overblowing. The session was first released in 1976 as a double lp back from the gig combined with a 1964 session recorded under horace parlan s leadership released in 1988 as happy frame of mind and finally released in 2005 on cd. The grossly underappreciated tenor saxophonist displays all his strong points. Zoot sims tenor saxophone, tommy flanagan piano, booker ervin tenor saxophone, dannie richmond drums, tommy turrentine trumpet, george tucker double bass. Oct 22, 2014 the freedom book is one of booker ervin s finest recordings. Booker ervin back from the gig blue note bnla488h2 2lp1976. Bethlehem bcp6048 the book booker ervin the book cooks.
I dont know enough about ervins catalog to objectively rate tex book tenor. Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. With kenny barron on the piano, jan arnet, bass and bill higgins on the drums the line up is complete. Booker ervin, guitarist grant green, bassist butch warren, drummer billy higgins. Oct 04, 2005 tex book tenor booker ervin hard bop 2005. Booker ervin tenor saxophone, jaki byard piano, alan dawson drums, richard davis bass guitar. He is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus.
Booker ervin tex book tenor jazz cd tex book tenor booker ervin 0. Tex book tenor album, reissue, limited edition, copy protected album cover. Tex book tenor is indeed a textbook of harmony, rhythm and cohesion. 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. Tex book tenor june 1968 blue note connoisseur thats tex as in texas tenor, which i assume refers to ervin s big tone and the bluesy curvature of his notes. A lunar tune immediately kicks the lp into a racetrack groove, with ervin blowing hard as his. Fishpond australia, tex book tenor by booker ervinbuy. I think stef would agree with me in that i dont think there is. Apr 02, 2021 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.
Tex book tenor space book doin allright passion dance thats it messages settin the pace mingus three. Booker ervin tenor sax horace parlan piano grant green guitar butch warren bass billy higgins drums second half reissued as texbook tenor. Or how the newly reissued tex book tenor blue note, a postbop. Tex book tenor by booker ervin on amazon music unlimited. Ervin is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. Johnny coles trumpet booker ervin tenor saxophone horace parlan piano grant green guitar butch warren bass billy higgins drums in the later session woody. Booker ervin all categories lps, cds, vinyl record albums. Album the freedom book rudy van gelder remasters, booker. Booker ervin blows a mean tenor sax, displaying some massive chops. After his discharge, he studied music for two years before he made his recording debut with ernie fields in 1956. May 31, 2018 simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a 2017 release on the acrobat label booker ervin. Booker telleferro ervin ii october 31, 1930 august 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. Booker ervin from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born october 31, 1930. Probably my favorite booker records as leader are the inbetween and what has been come to be known as tex book tenor.
Ervin originally played trombone but taught himself the tenor when he was in the air force in the early 1950s. The earlier session was later released in 1988 as originally intended under horace parlans name as happy frame of mind and the later session was finally released in 2005 as 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. Booker ervin, guitarist grant green, bassist butch warren, drummer billy. 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. Recorded may 24, 1968 at rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj. The freedom book, recorded at the end of 1963, was one of ervin s masterpieces. Oct 08, 2012 booker erivns album freedom book, 1963 booker ervin, tenor sax jaki byard, piano richard davis, bass alan dawson, drums. Simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a. Tex book tenor by booker ervin free internet radio tunein.
Booker ervin tenor saxophone, jaki byard piano, richard davis bass, alan dawson drums, don schlitten producer, design, photography, rudy van gelder. Woody shaws trumpet playing seems to be an ideal springboard for ervin s sax during these solo sections. Only being born too late kept booker ervin from becoming one of the original texas tenors. The album was recorded during a stretch when ervin was coming into fame as a member of the mingus group and hes playing here with a number of mingusites like richard williams on trumpet, horace parlan on piano, and dannie richmond on drums plus some great bass work from george tucker not exactly mingus. Cookin is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the savoy label. Booker ervin musician music database radio swiss jazz. Listen to booker ervin radio featuring songs from tex book tenor free online. Booker ervin booker n brass pacific jazz cdp 7243 4 94509 2 9. Ervin gained fame while playing with charles mingus off and on during 19561962, holding his own with the volatile bassist. Killer stuff from booker ervin and one of his first sessions as a leader. Booker little, vocal trio lambert, hendricks and bavan and drummer roy haynes. Jaki byard along with bassist richard davis and alan dawson on drums.
As sideman with bill barron hot line denon, 1962 with jaki byard. Texas tenor is what is played by booker and to quote the booklet texas tenor means the tone is strong, clean and biting almost to the point of overblowing. Tex book tenor, booker ervin shop online for music in. Aug 19, 2019 1930 in denison 1950s 1970s 1970 in new york amiablegoodnatured booker ervin booker ervin cookin booker ervin groovin high booker ervin setting the pace booker ervin tex book tenor booker ervin thats it booker ervin the blues book brash carefree clifford jordan confident dexter gordon effervescent energetic exuberant freedom. Woody shaw trumpet booker ervin tenor sax kenny barron piano jan arnet bass billy higgins drums. The book cooks and cookin are solidly swinging dates, full of ervins strong.
The blues book, booker ervin, 1964, prestige prlp 7340. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 1976 compiling then unreleased sessions that would later be issued as horace parlans happy frame of mind in 1988 and ervin s tex book tenor in 2005. Booker ervin tenor sax jaki byard piano richard davis bass al dawson drums. Jan 07, 2019 booker ervin the freedom book 1964 prestige records recorded december 3, 1963 at van gelder studios. 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. The third of ten titles recorded for prestige between 1963 and 1966, booker ervin s 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. Michael cuscuna, tex book tenor, recorded 1968, first issued 1976. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker. 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 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. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 compiling then unreleased sessions that would later be issued as horace parlans happy frame of mind in 1988 and ervin s tex book tenor in 2005. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
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