Setting the Pace
by Booker Ervin
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1966
- Label: Prestige
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:36
- Community rating: 3.8/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in Munich while the saxophonist was actively touring Europe, 'Setting the Pace' features Booker Ervin accompanied by an expert rhythm section including Dexter Gordon. The extended tracks afford ample space for intense, impassioned soloing, exemplifying Ervin's distinctively muscular approach to hard bop.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, complex, improvisation
Tracklist
- Setting The Pace (19:02)
- Dexter's Deck (23:34)
Credits
- Booker Ervin - primary artist, tenor saxophone
- Dexter Gordon - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Reggie Workman - bass
- Alan Dawson - drums
- Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by
- Jaki Byard - piano