The Song Book

by Booker Ervin

The Song Book cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:16
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin explores a selection of classic standards with a fierce, impassioned hard bop sensibility. The acoustic session highlights his deeply resonant tone and inventive, muscular improvisational style over a swinging rhythm section.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Lamp Is Low (7:14)
  2. Come Sunday (5:37)
  3. All The Things You Are (5:19)
  4. Just Friends (5:54)
  5. Yesterdays (7:42)
  6. Our Love Is Here To Stay (6:27)

Credits

  • Booker Ervin - primary artist, tenor saxophone
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Alan Dawson - drums
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano

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