Booker ervin tex book tenor clef

Lesserknown sax players get their due blue note has recently reissued recordings that feature three socalled secondtier saxophonists. He worked with mingus from 1956 to 1963, appearing on goodbye pork pie hat on the album mingus ah um and wednesday night prayer meeting on. Booker ervin born october 31, 1930, denison, texas, usa died july 31, 1970, new york city, new york, usa was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Ive purchased every booker ervin session i could find and afford ever since a friend told me about him a few years ago. Booker ervin back from the gig, of which this cd is a reissue of lp2. 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. Along with the recently departed horace parlan, these discs are excellent examples of hard bop played by 2 exmingus associates. I always thought the ultimate performances of tenor saxophonist booker ervin were on arguably the greatest studio recordings of charles mingus, mingus.

Its available on a 2cd set on ojcprestige backed up with a kloss set featuring byard, pat martino and jack dejohnette which is excellent as well. At an overbooked allstar saxophone concert held in 1965 berlin, the musicians were supposed to only play for 15 minutes. He was originally a trombonist, but taught himself tenor while in the air force 19501953. There is nothing contrived about the kind of playing that comes jolting out of booker ervins tenor saxophone and the great quality of soul reflected on the six tracks of the book cooks. 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. Along with another late tenorist, hank mobley, ervin was an under rated tenor saxophonist who never completely deserved his due.

He was originally a trombonist, but trained himself tenor within the surroundings drive 19501953. The blues book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the prestige label. Listen free to booker ervin the blues book eerie dearie, one for mort and more. Stream tex book tenor by booker ervin and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. In some scores, the same concept is construed by using a double clef two gclefs overlapping one another. Texbook tenor connoisseur series, an album by booker ervin.

November 11, 20 downhome and majestic, the tenor saxophonists sound. Booker ervin lament for booker ervin cd amoeba music. Indeed, although one of his posthumously issued albums tex book tenor ostensibly plays its title around the saxophonists home state of texas the pun also offers a knowing wink to those who are intimate with ervin s music. The trance is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the prestige label, with jaki byard on piano, reggie workman on bass, and alan dawson on drums. The same clef is sometimes used for the octave mandolin. An unusual and affecting album, lament for booker ervin features a tourdeforce live 1965 performance from booker along with a spoken remembrance and piano tribute from his friend and musical associate, pianist horace parlan. 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. Booker ervin tex book tenor music cd album at cd universe, tex book tenor by booker ervin, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. I wasnt familiar with jan arnet, the bassist on this recording. Booker ervin and jaki byard both veterans of mingus, have paid their dues, and play edgy modern bop superb. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. 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.

For the fourth and final of ervin s series of books, the music is. Booker ervin biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. During the 1960s he also led his own quartet and played with randy weston. Hes also got some harlem in his horn, able to dive into a complex run in an instant. A very distinctive tenor with a hard, passionate tone and an emotional style that was still tied to chordal improvisation, booker. Texbook tenor connoisseur series by booker ervin album. 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. Tex book tenor blue note back from the gig 196468 1976 compiling then unreleased sessions that would later be issued as horace parlans. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. May 09, 2007 the first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist booker ervin s the freedom book is an overlooked classic. Booker ervin tex book tenor cd album at cd universe. Kloss on alto and ervin on tenor really fiery stuff.

Ervin recorded two blue note albums under his own name, in between and tex book tenor, the latter going unissued during his lifetime, initially being released in the 1970s as part of a double album shared with recordings on which ervin features made under the leadership of horace parlan back from the gig. As sideman with bill barron hot line denon, 1962 with jaki byard out front. The good book acrobat acqcd 7121 which compiled his three earliest albums the book cooks, cookin and thats it. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The prestige lps are nearly all essential, especially the quartet sessions space book, freedom book, song book. Listen to tex book tenor in full in the spotify app. As the true tenor clef has fallen into disuse in vocal writings, this octavedropped treble clef is often called the tenor clef. May 21, 2012 considered the pinnacle of ervins book series blues, space and freedom. Booker ervin tenor sax, ronnie mathews piano, larry ridley bass, roy haynes drums. Blue note 0946 3 11439 2 2 booker ervin tex book tenor booker ervin discography session index.

How about eric kloss in the land of the giants with booker ervin, jaki byard, richard davis and alan dawson. Lp1 was reissued as horace parlan happy frame of mind. It is part of a series that byard later did for eventually blue note and includes structurally sound and the in between. 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. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. A czech, he preceded george mraz and miroslav vitous. 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. Coltrane if he were more lyrical, a bit less sharp, and more traditional in his approach to melody. An extremely distinctive tenor with a difficult, passionate build and an emotional design which was still linked with chordal improvisation, booker ervin was a genuine original. Provided to youtube by universal music group gichi remastered booker ervin tex book tenor.

Home in africa ronnie boykins the track selection home in africa is credited to ronnie boykins, best known as sun ras bass player, one more at home in outer space. Bethlehem bcp6048 the book booker ervin the book cooks bethlehem bcp6065 various artists golden jazz instrumentals bethlehem 4511093 booker ervin git it little jane. Tenor saxophonist booker ervin s quartet with pianist jaki byard, bassist richard davis and drummer alan dawson was so strong and dynamic that it is surprising that it only existed in the recording studio, and only for two sessions. 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. Booker telleferro ervin ii denison, texas, october 31, 1930 new york city, july 31, 1970 was an american tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and bluesgospel phrasing. Booker delivers a coltranelike biting tone at times, and his tenor voice is very compelling. 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.

Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. Jan 24, 2018 booker ervin the blues book prestige pr 7340 vinyl, lp, album, stereo us 1965 side a. Booker ervin lament for booker ervin full album youtube. No lands man perkins artists frank strozier alto sax booker ervin tenor sax horace parlan piano butch warren bass walter perkins drums recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, june 19, 1963 following the familiar path of military service, then college music education, the young texan booker ervin cut his music. 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. Johnny coles trumpet booker ervin tenor saxophone horace parlan piano grant green. Tex book tenor by booker ervin, released in 2005 on blue note records. 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. 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 shaw replaces. Tex book tenor, an album by booker ervin on spotify. After learning music in boston for just two years, he produced his documenting debut with. Booker ervin freedom book 1963 prestige londonjazzcollector. Tenor saxophonist booker ervin possessed one of the warmest and emotionally expressive tones in jazz. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The album is introduced by george tuckers bass on the blue book followed by tommy flanagan, booker ervin, tommy turrentine, and zoot sims in that order. When booker ervin died in 1970 at age 39 of a kidney ailment, we lost a unique voice on tenor, as you can hear on tex book tenor. Booker telleferro ervin ii 1930 1970 was an american jazz tenor saxophone player perhaps best known for his association with charles mingus, with whom he played and recorded from 1956 to 1962. The freedom book rvg remaster, tex book tenor, structurally sound, the in between, groovin high, top tracks. Jul, 2014 i had a feeling you would soon be covering booker ervin, another underappreciated genius. Tex book tenor by booker ervin 94631143922 cd barnes. Or how the newly reissued tex book tenor blue note, a postbop powerhouse 68 session made two years before his death, sat on the shelves for almost a decade, in print only sporadically since. He was originally a trombonist, but taught read full biography.

Enja made an important contribution to the legacy of the great tenor saxophonist booker ervin with this release. He first reached a wide audience in 1958, when he began playing with the great bassist charles mingus. Simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a 2017 release on the acrobat label booker ervin. The book cooks booker ervin bethlehem records remastered.