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<i>The Song Book</i>

The Song Book

1964 studio album by Booker Ervin

The Song Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.[2]

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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]

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Track listing

  1. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 7:16
  2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:39
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:21
  4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:56
  5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
  6. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:27

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Billboard July 18, 1964
  2. [2]
    Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
  3. [3]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
  4. [4]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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