The Book Cooks

by Booker Ervin

The Book Cooks cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: Bethlehem
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:32
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Making his debut as a leader, Texas tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin brings his fiercely intense, crying tone to the forefront on 'The Book Cooks'. The frontline battle with fellow tenor Zoot Sims provides a fascinating study in contrasts, cementing Ervin as a uniquely passionate voice in the hard bop idiom.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. The Blue Book (8:33)
  2. Git It (6:54)
  3. Little Jane (6:22)
  4. The Book Cooks (10:42)
  5. Largo (6:13)
  6. Poor Butterfly (3:45)

Credits

  • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine - trumpet
  • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • George Tucker - bass
  • Dannie Richmond - drums

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