Exultation!

by Booker Ervin

Exultation! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1963
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:47
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Characterized by an overwhelmingly forceful tenor saxophone tone, this session exemplifies the robust, soulful intensity of peak-era hard bop. Backed by a fiercely swinging rhythm section, the lead instrumentalist employs an emotional, preaching style of improvisation deeply rooted in gospel blues traditions. 'Exultation!' stands as a testament to the sheer physical power and passionate articulation of 1960s acoustic jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, rhythmic, technical

Tracklist

  1. Mooche Mooche (7:16)
  2. Black And Blue (6:17)
  3. Tune In (8:30)
  4. Just In Time - Short Take (2:27)
  5. Just In Time - Long Take (4:53)
  6. No Land's Man - Short Take (2:36)
  7. No Land's Man - Long Take (5:37)
  8. Mour (4:08)

Credits

  • Booker Ervin - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Frank Strozier - alto saxophone
  • Butch Warren - bass
  • Walter Perkins - drums, written-by
  • Horace Parlan - piano
  • Fats Waller - written-by
  • Adolph Green - written-by
  • Betty Comden - written-by

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