Tex Book Tenor
2005 studio album by Booker Ervin
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| Studio album by Booker Ervin | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Recorded | June 24, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:34 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
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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.[1] 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.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is a wonderful addition not only to the Blue Note catalog on CD, but to Ervin's own shelf as well, and should be picked up by anyone interested in him as a bandleader and composer".[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
All compositions by Booker Ervin except as noted
- "Gichi" (Kenny Barron) - 7:27
- "Den Tex" - 7:38
- "In a Capricornian Way" (Woody Shaw) - 5:52
- "Lynn's Tune" - 6:16
- "204" - 10:21
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 24, 1968.
Personnel
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Barron - piano
- Woody Shaw - trumpet
- Jan Arnet - bass
- Billy Higgins - drums
References
- ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed January 31, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 31, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
- The Book Cooks (1960)
- Cookin' (1960)
- That's It! (1961)
- Exultation! (1963)
- Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963)
- The Freedom Book (1963)
- The Song Book (1964)
- The Blues Book (1964)
- The Space Book (1964)
- Groovin' High (1963–64)
- The Trance (1965)
- Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (1966)
- Structurally Sound (1966)
- Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
- The In Between (1968)
- Tex Book Tenor (1968)
- Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Mingus Dynasty (1959)
- Blues & Roots (1959)
- Mingus (1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976])
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
- Oh Yeah (1961)
- Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964])
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
- Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
- Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
- Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
- The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
- Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
- Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
- The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
- Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
- Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
- Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])
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