Gumbo!

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Gumbo!
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Studio album by
Pony Poindexter with Booker Ervin
Released1963
RecordedJune 27, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length75:29CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Prestige
PR 16001
Producer Ozzie Cadena
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(1963)		Gumbo!
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(1966)
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(1963)		Gumbo!
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(1963)

Gumbo! is an album by saxophonists Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin which was released on the Prestige label in 1963. [1] [2] The 1999 CD reissue added eight unreleased selections from earlier sessions, three led by Poindexter and five by Ervin. [3]

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Al Campbell of Allmusic stated: "Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin joined alto and soprano saxophonist Pony Poindexter in 1963 on Gumbo, based around the sights and sounds of Poindexter's birthplace, the Crescent City. Poindexter penned the majority of these compositions, providing them with evocative titles of the city". [3] Reviewing the CD reissue with bonus tracks for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor observed: "Though this disc does consist of a rather bizarre match of sessions the music is uniformly entertaining and should be investigated, particularly by listeners who harbor an appreciation for Ervin". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Pony Poindexter except where noted.

  1. "Front O' Town" - 5:08
  2. "Happy Strut" - 2:57
  3. "Creole Girl" - 4:07
  4. "4-11-44" - 2:59
  5. "Back O' Town" - 4:12
  6. "Muddy Dust" - 4:32
  7. "French Market" - 4:48
  8. "Gumbo Filet" - 3:19
  9. "Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody) - 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Wade in the Water" (Traditional) - 3:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Absotively Posalutely" (Larry Young) - 6:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "You Don't Know What Love Is" [alternate take] (de Paul, Raye) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 4:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 8:21 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Pony Poindexter Leader Entry accessed July 2, 2015
  2. ↑ Prestige Records Catalog accessed July 2, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 Campbell, Al. Gumbo! – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, accessed July 2, 2015
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