Booker Ervin
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Ervin is best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. He worked with Mingus from 1956 to 1963, appearing on “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” on the album Mingus Ah Um and “Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting” on Blues and Roots, as well as Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus.
After teaching himself tenor saxophone while in the United States Air Force Booker Ervin moved to the Boston area and studied at Berklee College of Music. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing, perhaps influenced by John Coltrane.
He moved to New York to join Horace Parlan’s quartet, with whom he recorded Up & Down and Happy Frame of Mind (both for Blue Note Records). During the 1960s Ervin also led his own quartet, recording for Prestige Records with ex-Mingus associate pianist Jaki Byard along with bassist Richard Davis and Alan Dawson on drums. Ervin later recorded for Blue Note Records and played with pianist Randy Weston, with whom he recorded between 1963 and 1966.
He died of kidney disease in New York City in 1970, aged 39.
Discography
As leader
1960: The Book Cooks (Bethlehem)
1960: Cookin’ (Savoy)
1961: That’s It! (Candid)
1963: Exultation! (Prestige)
1963: The Freedom Book (Prestige)
1963: The Song Book (Prestige)
1963: Gumbo (Prestige)
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The Freedom Book
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That's It
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The Blues Book
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yall gotta check out Space Book, too.
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Never heard any of his stuff as a bandleader before but The Freedom Book is proving pretty great so far. Glad I bought it.
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Booker Ervin—now connected to the brandnew group ➤ Round Midnight
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Gmghoul's shout should be immediately deleted!!! Anyway.. Booker Ervin is one of the best sax players in the history of this wonderful art form called jazz.
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