Booker 'n' Brass

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Booker 'n' Brass
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1968 [1]
RecordedSeptember 12, 1967
Genre Jazz
Length49:07
Label Pacific Jazz
Producer Richard Bock
Booker Ervin chronology
Structurally Sound
(1966)
Booker 'n' Brass
(1968)
The In Between
(1968)

Booker 'n' Brass is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Pacific Jazz label. [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "To hear Booker Ervin as the leading solo voice on a recording with a larger ensemble is a treat, not only for his fans, but for those interested in modern big-band sounds grown from the bop era that are flavored with urban blues". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "East Dallas Special" (Booker Ervin) - 4:37
  2. "Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon René) - 4:22
  3. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange) - 4:28
  4. "L.A. After Dark" [Master - Take 6] (Teddy Edwards) - 5:03
  5. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:00
  6. "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:42
  7. "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers) - 4:18
  8. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 4:13
  9. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 4:11
  10. "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 3] (Edwards) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 7] (Edwards) - 5:05 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard January 27, 1968
  2. Booker Ervin discography; accessed February 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review; accessed February 1, 2011.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.