The Blues Book

by Booker Ervin

The Blues Book cover art

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

  • Post-Bop

Tracklist

  1. Eerie Dearie
  2. One For Mort
  3. No Booze Blooze
  4. True Blue