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Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.
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November 7, 2021: The Book
A brilliant Texas-born tenor-sax player with a big, beautiful, bluesy tone, Booker Teleferro Ervin II didn’t quite reach his 40th birthday before dying of kidney disease. Best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Ervin left behind a startlingly large legacy besides: over a dozen solid leader dates - 9 on the Prestige label alone, as well as great work with Randy Weston, Jaki Byard, and many others.
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Booker Ervin With Dexter Gordon | Setting the Pace | Setting the Pace | Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone • Jaki Byard – piano • Reggie Workman – bass • Alan Dawson – drums Recorded in Munich, Germany. October 27, 1965 | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
DJ Throws The Book Atcha | 0:20:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
Horace Parlan | Kucheza Blues | Happy Frame of Mind | Horace Parlan – piano §§§Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone §§§Johnny Coles – trumpet §§§Butch Warren – bass §§§Billy Higgins – drums, percussion §§§written by Randy Weston - - - recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on February 15, 1963 | 0:24:51 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | No Land's Man | Exultation! | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Frank Strozier - alto saxophone • Horace Parlan - piano • Butch Warren - bass • Walter Perkins - drums - - - Recorded: June 19, 1963 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 0:30:27 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | You Don't Know What Love Is | Cookin' | Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone • Richard Williams – trumpet • Horace Parlan – piano • George Tucker – bass • Dannie Richmond – drums • - • Recorded in Newark, New Jersey on November 26, 1960 | 0:36:03 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | Uranus | That's It! | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Horace Parlan - piano • George Tucker - bass • Al Harewood - drums - - Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York, January 6, 1961 | 0:43:26 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | Grant's Stand | The Freedom Book | Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone §§§Jaki Byard – piano §§§Richard Davis – bass §§§Al Dawson – drums, percussion - - Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; December 3, 1963 | 0:47:54 (Pop-up) | |
Charles Mingus | Gunslinging Bird | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife | Maurice Brown / cello - Seymour Barab / cello - Jerome Richardson / flute, saxophone - Bobby Jones / reeds, tenor saxophone - Danny Banks / reeds - John Handy / saxophone - Benny Golson / saxophone - Booker Ervin / saxophone - Dick Williams / trumpet - Snooky Young / trumpet - Jimmy Nottingham / trumpet - Julius Watkins / French horn - Eddie Bert / trombone - Jimmy Knepper / trombone - Urbie Green / trombone - John Foster / piano - Roland Hanna / piano - Theodore Cohen / vibraphone - Dannie Richmond / drums - - Recorded: November 1, 1959, New York City | 0:55:50 (Pop-up) | |
Book 'Em Storko! | 1:00:53 (Pop-up) | ||||
Booker Ervin | The Book Cooks | The Book Cooks | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone • Tommy Turrentine - trumpet • Tommy Flanagan - piano • George Tucker - bass • Dannie Richmond - drums - - Recorded in NYC, April 6, 1960 | 1:09:07 (Pop-up) | |
Andrew Hill | Soul Special | Grass Roots | Andrew Hill - piano • Lee Morgan - trumpet • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Ron Carter - bass • Freddie Waits- drums - -Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 5, 1968 | 1:18:38 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | The Lamp Is Low | The Song Book | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Tommy Flanagan - piano • Richard Davis - bass • Alan Dawson - drums - - Recorded February 27, 1964 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 1:26:51 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | The Muse | The In Between | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone, flute • Richard Williams - trumpet • Bobby Few - piano • Cevera Jeffries - bass • Lenny McBrowne - drums Recorded January 12, 1968 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 1:34:05 (Pop-up) | |
Sonny Stitt With Booker Ervin & Don Patterson | Flyin' Home | Soul People | Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Don Patterson - organ • Billy James - drums | 1:41:05 (Pop-up) | |
DJ Bookish | 1:51:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Booker Ervin | Fire Waltz | The Quest | Mal Waldron – piano • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, clarinet • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone • Ron Carter – cello • Joe Benjamin – double bass • Charlie Persip – drums Recorded June 27, 1961 | 1:59:42 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | The Trance | The Trance | Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone • Jaki Byard – piano • Reggie Workman – bass • Alan Dawson – drums Recorded October 27, 1965 (in memory of bassist George Tucker) | 2:07:39 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | Black And Blue | Exultation! | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Frank Strozier - alto saxophone • Horace Parlan - piano • Butch Warren - bass • Walter Perkins - drums - - - Recorded June 19, 1963 | 2:27:15 (Pop-up) | |
Randy Weston | Portrait Of Vivian | African Cookbook | Randy Weston - piano, celeste • Ray Copeland - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Vishnu Bill Wood - bass • Lennie McBrowne - drums • Big Black - percussion, vocals • Harold Murray - percussion - - Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios in October 1964 | 2:33:33 (Pop-up) | |
Charles Mingus | Tensions | Blues & Roots | Charles Mingus – bass §§§John Handy – alto saxophone §§§Jackie McLean – alto saxophone §§§Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone §§§Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone §§§Jimmy Knepper – trombone §§§Willie Dennis – trombone §§§Dannie Richmond – drums §§§Horace Parlan – piano, except for on "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" §§§Mal Waldron – piano on "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" §§§Nesuhi Ertegun – producer §§§Tom Dowd – recording engineer - - - Recorded on February 4, 1959, at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY | 2:37:15 (Pop-up) | |
DJ Book-Learnin' | 2:43:40 (Pop-up) | ||||
Randy Weston | African Cookbook | African Cookbook | Randy Weston - piano, celeste • Ray Copeland - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Vishnu Bill Wood - bass • Lennie McBrowne - drums • Big Black - percussion, vocals • Harold Murray - percussion - - Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios in October 1964 | 2:50:28 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | Bei mir bist Du schön | Heavy!!! | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Jimmy Owens - trumpet flugelhorn • Garnett Brown - trombone • Jaki Byard - piano • Richard Davis - bass • Alan Dawson - drums - - - - Recorded September 9, 1966 Impact Studios, New York City | 3:02:38 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | I Can't Get Started | The Space Book | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Jaki Byard - piano • Richard Davis - bass • Alan Dawson - drums Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; October 2, 1964 | 3:15:06 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | One For Mort | The Blues Book | Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone • Carmell Jones – trumpet • Gildo Mahones – piano • Richard Davis – bass • Alan Dawson – drums Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; June 30, 1964 | 3:24:44 (Pop-up) | |
The Booker of Love | 3:31:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Booker Ervin | Stolen Moments | Structurally Sound | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Charles Tolliver - trumpet • John Hicks - piano • Red Mitchell - bass • Lenny McBrowne - drums - - Recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles - - December 16, 1966 | 3:35:20 (Pop-up) | |
Horace Parlan | Up & Down | Up & Down | Horace Parlan - piano • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Grant Green - guitar • George Tucker - bass • Al Harewood - drums • Recorded on June 18, 1961 | 3:40:17 (Pop-up) | |
Booker Ervin | Number Two | The Space Book | Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone • Jaki Byard - piano • Richard Davis - bass • Alan Dawson - drums Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; October 2, 1964 | 3:46:19 (Pop-up) | |
Booked for tonight. Please call again | 3:54:32 (Pop-up) |
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
' Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒɔzɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894)[a] was a Belgian inventor and musician who created the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba. He played the flute and clarinet. '
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
' Booker Telleferro Ervin II (October 31, 1930 – August 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing. He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. '
Stork:
jazzprofiles.blogspot.com...
Stork:
Chapter One: boy meets sax
Chapter Two: boy blows sax
Chapter Three: boy--- I'm being told this is inappropriate.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...& Booker was a few months younger than my father...
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send pictures for estimates : ) I'm in waaaaay northern California
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adamdoesit, unauthenticatedly:
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Stork:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...well that was no lie was it.
doctorjazz:
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Doug Schulkind:
I think Yusef was more a Ben Webster/Lester Young guy.
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The start of Winter's reign
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And Mal, whose every note rings ethernal.
And Ron Carter, maybe the hippest man still alive.
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… and here: www.nydailynews.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- but my first thot today was Booker had that thing I've inarticulately just called in Trane his 'humanity'. Which I guess now by which I mean his Tone & has Phrasing - & Expression. & if not entirely Trane's Technique & Dexterity - not entirely without that either ! In a way even - a 'Blusier' focus allows it to be appreciated for what it is...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- but I detangled my desktop speaker wires & dusted them off. I use iTunes to stream here - & there's the EQ to easily preset for every pair. I got two pair of desktops - one HarmonKardon, & one AltecLansing which have more Bass. So adjusting relative Volumes on them is a kind of 'mixing'...
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