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2005 studio album by Booker Ervin
Tex Book Tenor is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring the last performances Ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the Blue Note label.[ 1] The session was first released in 1976 as a double LP Back from the Gig combined with a 1964 session recorded under Horace Parlan 's leadership (released in 1988 as Happy Frame of Mind ) and finally released in 2005 on CD.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is a wonderful addition not only to the Blue Note catalog on CD, but to Ervin's own shelf as well, and should be picked up by anyone interested in him as a bandleader and composer".[ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Booker Ervin except as noted
"Gichi" (Kenny Barron ) - 7:27
"Den Tex" - 7:38
"In a Capricornian Way" (Woody Shaw ) - 5:52
"Lynn's Tune" - 6:16
"204" - 10:21
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 24, 1968.
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
As leader With Charles Mingus With others
Hot Line (Bill Barron , 1962)
Out Front! (Jaki Byard , 1964)
Urge (Ted Curson , 1965)
Cracklin' (Roy Haynes , 1963)
In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss , 1969)
Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
Up & Down (Horace Parlan , 1961)
Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson )
Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
Soul People (Sonny Stitt , 1964)
The Quest (Mal Waldron , 1961)
Highlife (Randy Weston , 1963)
Randy /African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader
You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens , 1967)
Sunset to Dawn (1973)
Peruvian Blue (1974)
In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar , 1975)
Lucifer (1975)
Innocence (1978)
Together (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Golden Lotus (1980)
Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)
Imo Live (1982)
Spiral (1982)
Green Chimneys (1983–87)
1+1+1 (1984)
Autumn in New York (1984)
Landscape (1984)
Scratch (1985)
The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1986)
Two as One (and Buster Williams , 1986)
What If? (1986)
Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)
Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks , 1989)
Invitation (1990)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)
The Only One (1990)
Confirmation (and Barry Harris , 1991)
Lemuria-Seascape (1991)
The Moment (1991)
Quickstep (1991)
Sambao (1992)
Other Places (1993)
Wanton Spirit (1994)
Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu , 1995)
Things Unseen (1995)
Live at Bradley's (1996)
Live at Bradley's II (1996)
Night and the City (and Charlie Haden , 1996)
Spirit Song (1999)
Canta Brasil (2000)
Freefall (and Regina Carter , 2000)
Images (2003)
Super Standard (2004)
The Traveler (2007)
Minor Blues (2009)
Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)
The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland , 2014)
Book of Intuition (2015)
Concentric Circles (2018)
Without Deception (and Dave Holland , 2020)
The Source (2023)
Member ofSphere WithBill Barron WithRon Carter WithStan Getz WithDizzy Gillespie WithFreddie Hubbard WithYusef Lateef WithJames Moody WithBuddy Rich With others
Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson , 2015)
Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti , 1992)
Mustang (Curtis Amy , 1967)
Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson , 1985)
The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker , 1977)
You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)
Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws , 1982)
Bad Benson (George Benson , 1974)
Code Red (Cindy Blackman , 1990)
The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)
Shining Hour (Larry Coryell , 1989)
Quicksand (Ted Curson , 1974)
Continuum (Ray Drummond , 1994)
Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin , 1967)
Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)
All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald , 1989)
Awakening (Sonny Fortune , 1975)
Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess , 1983)
Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)
Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks , 1978)
Man & Woman (George Freeman , 1974)
Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall , 1996)
Light and Lively (Louis Hayes , 1989)
Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)
The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath , 1972)
Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath , 1973)
Now! (Bobby Hutcherson , 1969)
In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)
New Agenda (Elvin Jones , 1975)
Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)
The Bassist! (Sam Jones , 1979)
We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss , 1967)
Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz , 1992)
Number Two Express (Christian McBride , 1995)
Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill , 1995)
Never Never Land (Jane Monheit , 2000)
Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad , 1971)
A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval , 2010)
This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank , 1984)
Solid (Woody Shaw , 1986)
Kamau (Charles Sullivan , 1995)
Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry , 1972)
A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine , 1967)
Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner , 1985)
Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro , 1982)
Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington , 1967)
Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles , 1983)
New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With others
Home! (Gary Bartz , 1969)
Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr. , 1971)
Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1972)
Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
The Free Slave (Roy Brooks , 1970)
Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971)
Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea , 1966)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell , 1969)
Conversations (Eric Dolphy , 1963)
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
Tex Book Tenor /Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin , 1968)
Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook , 1976)
The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson , 1970)
Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
Grass Roots (Andrew Hill , 1968)
Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson , 1974)
Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence , 1974)
'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean , 1967)
Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
Reach Out! (Hank Mobley , 1968)
Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders , 1970)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver , 1965)
The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
Natural Soul (Buddy Terry , 1967)
Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Expansions (McCoy Tyner , 1968)
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron , 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington , 1967)
Unity (Larry Young , 1965)
Zawinul (Joe Zawinul , 1970)
Box sets