767522922028

Lament For Booker Ervin

Booker Ervin

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Format: CD

Cat No: ENJA92202

Release Date:  06 May 2016

Label:  Enja

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  767522922028

Genres:  Jazz  Modern Postbebop  

  • Description

    Reissue of an album originally released in 1975 and featuring Booker Evin alongside an all-star group, including pianist Kenny Drew , bassist Nils Henning Orsted Pedesen and Alan Dawson on drums.

    The album concists of a 1965 concert held in Berlin, the musicians were supposed to only play for 15 minutes. Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin protested against the restrictive situation by performing the intense and stirring "Blues for You" for 27-and-a-half minutes, tearing down the house. A decade later (after Ervin's 1970 death) the performance was released for the first time and its passion was worth waiting for. Also on this historic album is pianist Horace Parlan's somber solo tribute to Ervin ("Lament for Booker") which was recorded in 1975.

    Personnel: Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Kenny Drew (piano), Nils Henning Orsted Pedesen (bass), Alan Dawson (drums), Horace Parlan (piano)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Blues For You
      • 2. Lament For Booker