This album exclusively features jazz standards, and while ervin plays beautifully on the ballads come sunday and yesterdays, he also tackles the lamp is low, all the things you are, just friends, and our love is here to stay with his trademark aggressive fervor, and soulful meets avantgarde style. A native of dension, texas, he was noted as a very distinctive tenor with a hard, passionate tone and an emotional style that was still tied to chordal. The book cooks is the debut album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the bethlehem label. Booker ervin tenor saxophone tommy flanagan piano richard davis bass alan dawson drums february 27, 1964 van gelder studio. Just wondering wondering what booker ervin albums you like most. Ervin, booker quartet complete songbook sessions amazon. Booker ervin the song book 200 gram vinyl vinyl lp. A talented tenor saxophonist, ervin is best known for his association with jazz great charles mingus, with whom he recorded from 1956 to 1962. Booker ervin ts, richard williams tp, horace parlan p, george tucker b, dannie richmond ds album. Simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a. Ervin, fresh from a sevenyear stint with mingus, continued to grow musically more adventurous in the mid sixties. The second in tenor saxophonist booker ervin s book series, this cd reissue may seem a bit more conservative than the others due to the inclusion of six standards including come sunday, all the things you are and just friends, but ervin and his quartet with pianist tommy flanagan, bassist richard davis and drummer alan dawson come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses.
He is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. Booker ervins solo from his recording the song book 250 bpm all the things you are tenor saxophone. Provided to youtube by naxos of america very warm for may. The lamp is low, come sunday, all the things you are, just friends, yesterdays, our love. The song book alexander street, a proquest company. As quickly as it moves, you can still feel the pulse, largely due. Booker ervin the space book 1964 londonjazzcollector. Our love is here to stay recorded in englewood cliffs, nj. All the things you are, aluminum baby, bassix, bei mir bist du schon, black and blue, bachafillen, come sunday, dexters deck, eerie dearie, groovin high, groovin at the jamboree, i cant get started, just friends, just in time long take, just in time short take, mojo, mooche mooche, mour, no booze blooze, no lands man long take, no. Tenor saxophone booker ervin piano tommy flanagan bass richard davis drums alan dawson. This album exclusively features jazz standards, and while ervin plays beautifully on the ballads come sunday and yesterdays, he also tackles the lamp is low, all the things you are, just friends, and our love is here to stay with his trademark aggressive fervor, and soulful meets 54.
Booker telleferro ervin ii denison, texas, october 31, 1930 new york city, july 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. Booker ervin, who always had a very unique sound on the tenor, is heard in prime form on his quartet set with pianist horace parlan, bassist george tucker and drummer al harewood. White christmas 2000 digital remaster white christmas 2000 digital remaster booker ervin. The second in tenor saxophonist booker ervins book series, this cd reissue may seem a bit more conservative than the others due to the inclusion of six standards including come sunday, all the things you are and just friends, but ervin and his quartet with pianist tommy flanagan, bassist richard davis and drummer alan dawson come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker telleferro ervin, ii 19301970 find a grave memorial.
In virtually all cases, the jazz and blues musicians who recorded for candid in 196061 during its original brief existence were inspired and played more creatively. Ervin is best known for his association with bassist charles mingus. The song book was booker ervin s answer to the ballads album trend of the early 60s. All the things you are songbookbooker ervin youtube. Booker telleferro ervin ii october 31, 1930 august 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. As quickly as it moves, you can still feel the pulse, largely due to the dry metallic ping of dawsons ride cymbal. Dream beside me in the midnight glow, the lamp is low dream and watch the shadows came and go, the lamp is low while you linger in my arms, my lips will sigh i love you so dream the sweetest dream will ever know tonight the moon is high, the lamp is low. Cook up the five included recipes, take your shoes off, and kick back you re goin to new awlins for brunch. Listening his version of all the things you are, from the song book. Simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a 2017 release on the acrobat label booker ervin.
Booker ervin down in the dumps full album free music. Listen free to booker ervin the blues book eerie dearie, one for mort and more. Buy booker ervins album titled the song book to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to. Booker ervin s solo from his recording the song book 250 bpm all the things you are tenor saxophone. Booker ervin tenor saxophonetommy flanagan pianorichard davis bassalan dawson drumshidemy. If you think about it, its not that uncommon that a guy who hailed from texas would not have been recorded that much prior to moving to the city. In virtually all cases, the jazz and blues musicians who recorded for candid in 196061 during its original brief existence were inspired and played more creatively than they did for other labels. By all accounts, booker ervin ii was a warm man himself, softly spoken and gentle, who seemed to be able to express himself verbally with the same sort of nononsense candour that characterises his playing. The last word must surely therefore go to booker himself. Jan 12, 2011 the song book was booker ervin s answer to the ballads album trend of the early 60s. The song book, booker ervin, 1964, prestige prlp 7318. Booker ervin tenor saxophone, tommy flanagan piano, richard davis bass, alan dawson drums, don schlitten producer, design, photography, rudy van gelder recording engineer, dan morgenstern liner notes.
All the things you are, a song by booker ervin on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Booker ervin song book 1964 feel the blues with all. The lamp is low booker ervin, the song book, prestige is taken at a wickedly fast tempo that, unlike some of the other tracks in the ervindawson collection, swings in a conventional linear fashion. November 11, 20 downhome and majestic, the tenor saxophonists sound was like a cane stalk shooting up out of rich.
Jan 31, the song book was booker ervins answer to the ballads album trend of the early 60s. Booker ervins solo from his recording the song book. The song book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Come sunday, all the things you are and just friends, but ervin and his. These days booker ervin is remembered for his association with charles mingus, a fruitful period that resulted in some amazing albums, but ervin also had a great run of solo records on prestige, the best of which are his book series which began with the release of the freedom book in 1964. Mojo artists booker ervin ts jaki byard p richard davis b alan dawson d recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, october 2, 1964 music. Booker ervin down in the dumps full album free music streaming. November 11, 20 downhome and majestic, the tenor saxophonists sound. If you think about it, its not that uncommon that a guy who hailed from texas would not have been recorded that much prior to. The song book was booker ervins answer to the ballads album trend of the early 60s. A hard biting tenor voice reminiscent of coltrane, though not quite as ferocious in his linear attack.
Booker was on mingus ahum, mingus dynasty, and blues and roots, all from 1959. The lamp is low booker ervin, the song book, prestige is taken at a wickedly fast tempo that, unlike some of the other tracks in the ervin dawson collection, swings in a conventional linear fashion. Also see camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness. Booker ervin booker telleferro ervin ii born october 31, 1930, denison, tx. All the things you are, a song by booker ervin on spotify. The good book acrobat acqcd 7121 which compiled his three earliest albums the book cooks, cookin and thats it. Cook up the five included recipes, take your shoes off, and kick back youre goin to new awlins for brunch. This album exclusively features jazz standards, and while ervin plays beautifully on the ballads come sunday and yesterdays, he also tackles the lamp is low, all the things you are, just friends, and our love is here to stay with his trademark. Theres nothing on earth i like better than playing music, he once said. Booker was such a special player i got into his work from a hearing on radio, a track from the space book. He was also in the front line of tranes tenor conclave 1956.
In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. The song book by booker ervin 25218677929 cd barnes. View booker ervin song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. We have 4 albums and 19 song lyrics in our database. The freedom book 1963 the song book 1964 the blues book 1964 the song book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the prestige label.