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Released
  
1967

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:35

Artist
  
Booker Ervin

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
December 14, 15 & 16, 1966

Structurally Sound (1966)
  
Booker 'n' Brass (1967)

Similar
  
Booker Ervin albums, Jazz albums

Structurally Sound is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album was rereleased on CD in 2001 on the Blue Note label with four bonus tracks.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "Structurally Sound is perhaps not Ervin's most provocative album, but a solid and tasty endeavor".

Track listing

  1. "Berkshire Blues" (Randy Weston) - 5:30
  2. "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:58
  3. "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 4:59
  4. "Franess" (Charles Tolliver) - 5:08
  5. "Boo's Blues" (Booker Ervin) - 5:33
  6. "You're My Everything" (Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young) - 4:46
  7. "Deep Night" (Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallee) - 4:58
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:43
  9. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Franess" [alternate take] (Tolliver) - 5:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Deep Night" [alternate take] (Henderson, Vallee) - 7:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California on December 14 (tracks 5, 6 & 9), December 15 (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 11), December 15 (tracks 2, 3, 7, 10 & 12), 1966.

    • Personnel

  • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
  • Charles Tolliver - trumpet
  • John Hicks - piano
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • Lenny McBrowne - drums

    • Songs

    1Berkshire Blues5:33
    2Dancing In The Dark5:01
    3Stolen Moments5:01

    References

    Structurally Sound Wikipedia
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