Booker Ervin Catalog
1960 (age 30)
"The Book" Booker Ervin - The Book Cooks (Bethlehem BCP-6048)
Tommy Turrentine, trumpet #1-4,6; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Zoot Sims, tenor sax #1-4,6; Tommy Flanagan, piano; George Tucker, bass; Danny Richmond, drums.
NYC, April 6, 1960
| 1. | The Blue Book |
| 2. | Git It |
| 3. | Little Jane |
| 4. | The Book Cooks |
| 5. | Largo |
| 6. | Poor Butterfly |
Booker Ervin Quintet - Cookin' (Savoy MG-12154)
Richard Williams, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Horace Parlan, piano; George Tucker, bass; Danny Richmond, drums.
Medallion Studio, Newark, NJ, November 26, 1960
| SBE6401 | Dee Da Do |
| SBE6402 | Mr. Wiggles |
| SBE6403 | You Don't Know What Love Is |
| SBE6404 | Down In The Dumps |
| SBE6405 | Well, Well |
| SBE6406 | Autumn Leaves |
** also released on Savoy SJL 1119 as Down In The Dumps.
1961
Booker Ervin - That's It! (Candid CJM 8014)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Horace Parlan as Felix Krull, piano; George Tucker, bass; Al Harewood, drums; Nat Hentoff, supervisor.
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, January 6, 1961
| Mojo | |
| Uranus | |
| Poinciana | |
| Speak Low | |
| Brooker's Blues | |
| Boo |
** also released on Candid CJS 9014; Barnaby Z 30560; Candid (Eu) CS 9014, (E) CCD79014.
1963
Booker Ervin - Exultation! (Prestige PRLP 7293)
Frank Strozier, alto sax; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Horace Parlan, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Walter Perkins, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1963
| 3942 | Mooche Mooche |
| 3943 | Tune In |
| 3944 | Mour |
| 3945 | Black & Blue |
| 3946 | Just In Time (long take) |
| 3947 | No Land's Man (long take) |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7293, PRST 7844; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-835-2.
Booker Ervin - Exultation! (Prestige PRST 7844)
Frank Strozier, alto sax; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Horace Parlan, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Walter Perkins, drums.: same session.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1963
| 3946 | Just In Time (short take) |
** originally released on Prestige PRLP 7293 + 2 bonus tracks.
Various Artists - Prestige/Groovy Goodies (Prestige PR 7298)
Frank Strozier, alto sax; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Horace Parlan, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Walter Perkins, drums.: same session.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1963
| 3947 | No Land's Man (short take) |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7298.
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book (Prestige PR 7295)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 3, 1963
| A Lunar Tune | |
| Cry Me Not | |
| Grant's Stand | |
| A Day To Mourn | |
| Al's In |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7295; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-845-2; Prestige PRCD-30160.
** part of Prestige P-24091 as The Freedom And Space Sessions.
Booker Ervin - Groovin' High (Prestige PR 7417)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.: same session.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 3, 1963
| Stella By Starlight |
Carmell Jones, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Gildo Mahones, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 30, 1964
| Groovin' High |
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 2, 1964
| The Second #2 | |
| Bass-IX |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7417; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-919-2.
1964
Booker Ervin - The Song Book (Prestige PR 7318)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 27, 1964
| The Lamp Is Low | |
| Come Sunday | |
| All The Things You Are | |
| Just Friends | |
| Yesterdays | |
| Our Love Is Here To Stay |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7318; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-779-2.
Booker Ervin - The Blues Book (Prestige PR 7340)
Carmell Jones, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Gildo Mahones, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 30, 1964
| Eerie Dearie | |
| One For Mort | |
| No Booze Blooze | |
| True Blue |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7340; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-780-2.
Booker Ervin - The Space Book (Prestige PR 7386)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 2, 1964
| Number Two | |
| I Can't Get Started | |
| Mojo | |
| There Is No Greater Love |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7386; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-896-2.
** part of Prestige P-24091 as The Freedom And Space Sessions.
1965
Booker Ervin With Dexter Gordon, Reggie Workman, Alan Dawson And Jaki Byard - Setting The Pace (Prestige PR 7455)
Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Munich, West Germany, October 27, 1965
| Setting The Pace | |
| Dexter's Deck |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7455.
** part of Prestige PRCD-24123-2 as Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon, Jaki Byard, Reggie Workman, Alan Dawson - Setting The Pace.
Booker Ervin - The Trance (Prestige PR 7462)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
Munich, West Germany, October 27, 1965
| The Trance | |
| Speak Low | |
| Groovin' At The Jamboree |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7462; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-943-2.
Lament For Booker Ervin (Enja (G) 2054)
Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Drew, piano; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
"Berlin Jazz Festival", Berlin, West Germany, October 29, 1965
| Blues For You | |
| Blues For You (cont.) |
** also released on Inner City IC 3006; Enja (G) CD 2054-2.
1966
The Booker Ervin Sextet - Heavy!!! (Prestige PRST 7499)
Jimmy Owens, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.
NYC, September 9, 1966
| Bachafillen | |
| You Don't Know What Love Is | |
| Aluminum Baby | |
| Not Quite That | |
| Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen |
** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-981-2.
The Booker Ervin Sextet - Heavy!!! (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-981-2)
Jimmy Owens, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Alan Dawson, drums.: same session.
NYC, September 9, 1966
| Ode To Charlie Parker |
** originally released on Prestige PRST 7499 + 1 bonus track.
Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound (Pacific Jazz PJ-10119)
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; John Hicks, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 14, 1966
| Boo's Blues | |
| You're My Everything |
same personnel.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 15, 1966
| Berkshire Blues | |
| Franess | |
| Take The "A" Train |
same personnel.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 16, 1966
| Dancing In The Dark | |
| Stolen Moments | |
| Deep Night |
** also released on Pacific Jazz ST-20119; Blue Note 7243 5 27545 2 6.
Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound (Blue Note 7243 5 27545 2 6)
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; John Hicks, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums.: same personnel.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 14, 1966
| Shiny Stockings |
same personnel.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 15, 1966
| Franess (alternate take) |
same personnel.
Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA, December 16, 1966
| White Christmas | |
| Deep Night (alternate take) |
** originally released on Pacific Jazz PJ-10119 + 4 bonus tracks.
1967
Booker Ervin - Booker 'N' Brass (Pacific Jazz PJ-10127)
Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams, trumpet; Ray Copeland, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, trombone; Benny Powell, bass trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Reggie Johnson, string bass; Leonard McBrowne, drums; Teddy Edwards, arranger, conductor.
Webster Hall, NYC, September 12, 1967
| L.A. After Dark (master-take 6) | |
| Baltimore Oriole | |
| St. Louis Blues |
John Coles, Richard Williams, trumpet; Martin Banks, Ray Copeland, trumpet, flugelhorn; Bennie Green, Britt B. Woodman, trombone; Benny Powell, bass trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Reggie Johnson, bass; Leonard McBrowne, drums; Teddy Edwards, arranger, conductor.
Webster Hall, NYC, September 13, 1967
| East Dallas Special | |
| I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City | |
| Kansas City |
Martin Banks, Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams, trumpet; Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Reggie Johnson, bass; Leonard McBrowne, drums; Teddy Edwards, arranger, conductor.
Webster Hall, NYC, September 14, 1967
| Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans | |
| Harlem Nocturne | |
| I Left My Heart In San Francisco |
** also released on Pacific Jazz ST-20127, CDP 7243 4 94509 2 9.
Booker Ervin - Booker 'N' Brass (Pacific Jazz CDP 7243 4 94509 2 9)
Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams, trumpet; Ray Copeland, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, trombone; Benny Powell, bass trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Reggie Johnson, string bass; Leonard McBrowne, drums; Teddy Edwards, arranger, conductor.
Webster Hall, NYC, September 12, 1967
| L.A. After Dark (alternative-take 3) | |
| L.A. After Dark (alternative-take 7) |
** originally released on Pacific Jazz PJ-10127 + 2 bonus tracks.
1968
Booker Ervin - The In Between (Blue Note BST 84283)
Richard Williams, trumpet #1-5; Booker Ervin, tenor sax, flute; Bobby Few Jr., piano; Cevera Jeffries Jr., bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 12, 1968
| 1. 2021 tk.6 | Sweet Pea |
| 2. 2022 tk.8 | The In Between |
| 3. 2023 tk.12 | Mour |
| 4. 2024 tk.19 | The Muse |
| 5. 2025 tk.26 | Tyra |
| 6. 2026 tk.28 | Largo |
** also released on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59379 2 7.
Booker Ervin - Back From The Gig (Blue Note BN-LA488-H2)
Woody Shaw, trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Kenny Barron, piano; Jan Arnett, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 24, 1968
| tk.2 | In A Capricornian Way |
| tk.7 | Den Tex |
| tk.9 | Lynn's Tune |
| tk.11 | 204 |
| tk.12 | Gichi |