Exultation!
| Exultation! | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | June 19, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:51 1963 LP 41:58 1970 LP/CD reissue | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7293 (1963) PRLP 7844 (1970) | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
| Booker Ervin chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 1970 LP reissue (PRLP 7844) | ||||
Exultation! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Prestige label.[2] It was first released in 1963, then reissued in 1971 with two alternate takes labeled "short version" (the a- and b-sides of a 1963 single, "No Land's Man" backed with "Just in Time").
Reception[edit]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Ervin and Strozier made a mutually inspiring team; pity that this was their only recording together".[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Track listing[edit]
- All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
- "Mooche Mooche" – 7:18
- "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 6:19
- "Mour" (Perkins) – 4:08
- "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:29
- "Just in Time" [Long Take] (Styne, Comden, Green) – 4:55
- "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 2:38
- "No Land's Man" [Long Take] (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 5:39
- "Tune In" – 8:32
Personnel[edit]
- Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
- Frank Strozier – alto saxophone
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Butch Warren – bass
- Walter Perkins – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Billboard November 9, 1963
- ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.