The Song Book
| The Song Book | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 27, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:23 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7318 | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
| Booker Ervin chronology | ||||
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The Song Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.[2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated " Ervin and his quartet come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker Ervin never sounded like anyone else".[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
Track listing
- "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 7:16
- "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:39
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:21
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:56
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:27
Personnel
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Richard Davis - bass
- Alan Dawson - drums
References
- ^ Billboard July 18, 1964
- ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
