The Blues Book
by Booker Ervin
- Type: Album
- Released: 1964
- Label: Prestige
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:19
- Community rating: 4.18/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin utilizes a quintet featuring Carmell Jones on trumpet to explore variations on the 12-bar blues form. The session highlights his forceful, highly vocalic soloing style, driving standard hard bop structures into more aggressive, emotionally charged territory.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, improvisation
Tracklist
- Eerie Dearie (14:27)
- One For Mort (6:21)
- No Booze Blooze (15:23)
- True Blue (5:07)
Credits
- Booker Ervin - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Richard Davis - bass, double bass
- Alan Dawson - drums, membranophone
- Ira Gitler - liner notes [oct. 1964]
- Gildo Mahones - piano
- Don Schlitten - producer, design, photography by
- Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by
- Carmell Jones - trumpet