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Released
  
1964

The Song Book(1964)
  
The Blues Book(1964)

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
38:23

Artist
  
Booker Ervin

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 27, 1964Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Booker Ervin albums, Jazz albums

The Song Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated " Ervin and his quartet come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker Ervin never sounded like anyone else".

Track listing

  1. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 7:16
  2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:39
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:21
  4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:56
  5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
  6. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:27

Personnel

  • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Alan Dawson - drums

    • Songs

    1The Lamp Is Low7:16
    2Come Sunday5:39
    3All the Things You Are5:21

    References

    The Song Book Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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