The Blues Book

1964 studio album by Booker Ervin

The Blues Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.^[1] The front cover photograph was taken by Don Schlitten of Booker outside of 16 Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village, New York City.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The consistently passionate Ervin makes each of the fairly basic originals sound fresh and the performances are frequently exciting inside/outside music".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin.

1. "Eerie Dearie" – 14:30
2. "One for Mort" – 6:24
3. "No Booze Blooze" – 15:26
4. "True Blue" – 5:07

Personnel

• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Carmell Jones – trumpet
• Gildo Mahones – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Alan Dawson – drums

References

1. Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
2. "Musical Maps".
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.