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| 1. | A Lunar Tune
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| 2. | Cry Me Not
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| 3. | Grant's Stand
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| 4. | A Day to Mourn
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| 5. | Al's In
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| 6. | Stella by Starlight [*]
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Jazz
Recorded: December 3, 1963, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Remastered: 2007, Rudy Van Gelder
* Bonus track
Booker Ervin - Sax (Tenor)
Jaki Byard - Piano
Richard Davis - Bass
Alan Dawson - Drums
* Chris Clough - Reissue Production Assistance
* David Himmelstein - Liner Notes, Original Liner Notes
* Don Schlitten - Cover Design, Design, Photography, Producer, Supervisor
* Larissa Collins - Assistant
* Neil Tesser - Liner Notes
* Nick Phillips - Reissue Producer
* Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering, Mastering
* Rikka Arnold - Editorial
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer, Liner Notes, Remastering
* Stuart Kremsky - Reissue Production Assistance
* Zev Feldman - Assistant
Booker Ervin's recordings with Charles Mingus and Randy Weston brought him good reviews and a bit of notoriety. But it was his series of Song Books for Prestige Records that broadcast the stentorian announcement that a jazz orator of gigantic stature had arrived. Ervin's tenor saxophone sound was haunted by the loneliness and spaciousness of the Texas plains where he was raised. The Southwest moan was an integral part of his playing. But his style went beyond the classic Texas tenor tradition to incorporate the intricacies of bebop and suggestions of the free jazz that was initiating one of the periods of self-renewal that keeps jazz fresh and interesting. The Freedom Book, recorded at the end of 1963, was one of Ervin's masterpieces. He is abetted by the power and drive of Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson.
with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson
In some ways tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin was the archetypal jazz player for the post-bop 1960s, combining the tradition of Texas sax with just the hint of edgy modernism, a sort of the Delta-meets-Morocco sound so accessible that it is easy to miss the chances Ervin took with his music. Although his career was short (cancer claimed him in the summer of 1970 when he was just shy of his 40th birthday), Ervin still managed to record some 20 albums as a frontman, most notably his "book" series, The Song Book, The Blues Book, The Space Book, and this fine session, The Freedom Book, which finds him working with a rhythm section of Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. Recorded on December 3, 1963, The Freedom Book is a near perfect set of modern hard bop, ranging just far enough out there to feel fresh but retaining a strong lifeline to bop tradition. Highlights of the session include an impressive Ervin original, "A Lunar Tune," a fine version of Randy Weston's "Cry Me Not," the deliberately strident "Al's In," and another Ervin composition, the moving "A Day to Mourn," an emotionally charged ballad written after the assassination of JFK. The bonus track, an interesting and brief treatment of Victor Young's "Stella by Starlight," a piece strongly associated with Charlie Parker, was recorded at the Freedom Book session but was originally released on the album Groovin' High. It fits perfectly here, capping off a wonderful album.
--- Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Booker Ervin
Active Decades: '50s and '60s
Born: Oct 31, 1930 in Denison, TX
Died: Jul 31, 1970 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop
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. He was originally a trombonist, but taught himself tenor while in the Air Force (1950-1953). After studying music in Boston for two years, he made his recording debut with Ernie Fields' R&B band (1956). Ervin gained fame while playing with Charles Mingus (off and on during 1956-1962), holding his own with the volatile bassist and Eric Dolphy. He also led his own quartet, worked with Randy Weston on a few occasions in the '60s, and spent much of 1964-1966 in Europe before dying much too young from kidney disease. Ervin, who is on several notable Charles Mingus records, made dates of his own for Bethlehem, Savoy, and Candid during 1960-1961, along with later sets for Pacific Jazz and Blue Note. His nine Prestige sessions of 1963-1966 (including The Freedom Book, The Song Book, The Blues Book, and The Space Book) are among the high points of his career.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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