Groovin' High
by Booker Ervin
- Type: Album
- Released: April 1966
- Label: Prestige
- Country: United States
- Length: 30:55
- Community rating: 3.8/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Anchored by an elite rhythm section featuring Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson, 'Groovin' High' is a quintessential document of Booker Ervin's intensely driven saxophone phrasing. The Prestige recordings present a fiery execution of hard bop, characterized by rapid-fire technical proficiency and a robust, unmistakable tone.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental
Tracklist
- The Second #2 (6:30)
- Groovin' High (9:50)
- Bass-IX (11:45)
- Stella By Starlight (2:50)
Credits
- Booker Ervin - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Richard Davis - bass
- Alan Dawson - drums
- Gildo Mahones - piano
- Jaki Byard - piano
- Carmell Jones - trumpet
- Dizzy Gillespie - written-by
- Ned Washington - written-by