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Tubby Hayes: Intensity: The 1965 Tapes

Read "Intensity: The 1965 Tapes" reviewed by George Kanzler


The late '50s and early '60s were a great time for jazz at clubs in downtown Manhattan. It was a heyday for tenor saxophonists; such giants as Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Wayne Shorter, Booker Ervin and Tubby Hayes could be heard at cozy spots like New ...

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The Freedom Book

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: A Lunar Tune; Cry Me Not; Grant's Stand; A Day To Mourn; Al's In; Stella By Starlight.

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Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book

Read "The Freedom Book" reviewed by Troy Collins


The first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin's The Freedom Book is an overlooked classic. The Song Book, The Blues Book and The Space Book were all subsequently recorded in 1964 for Prestige, but this seminal 1963 recording is a masterpiece of unconventional, advanced hard bop. Less free than the title ...

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Tex Book Tenor

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Gichi; Den Tex; In A Capricornian Way; Lynn's Tune; 204.

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Booker Ervin: Tex Book Tenor

Read "Tex Book Tenor" reviewed by Norman Weinstein


I always thought the ultimate performances of tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin were on (arguably) the greatest studio recordings of Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um and Blues and Roots. This magnificent and long-overdue reissue of a Booker Ervin Blue Note session from 1968 has caused me to alter my opinion. I think this was the tenor saxman's ...

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Gumbo!

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Front O

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Booker Ervin & Pony Poindexter: Gumbo!

Read "Gumbo!" reviewed by Derek Taylor


A strange combination of sorts, this release gathers two disparate sessions whose only apparent common denominator is the incredible Booker Ervin. Ervin’s name on the bill should be a signal to most jazz fans that the contents contained herein are worthy of their attention. The added bonuses are many as well and include a brief, but ...

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Gumbo!

Label: Lone Hill Jazz
Released: 1999

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Setting The Pace

Label: Prestige
Released: 1993
Track listing: Setting The Pace; Dexter's Deck; The Trance; Speak Low;

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I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 83

Label: Curcio
Released: 1982
Track listing: Meeting; All Morning Long; MDM;


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