Booker 'n' Brass explained

Booker 'n' Brass
Type:	Album
Artist:	Booker Ervin
Cover:	Booker 'n' Brass.jpg
Released:	January 1968^[1]
Recorded:	September 12, 1967
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:07
Label:	Pacific Jazz
Producer:	Richard Bock
Chronology:	Booker Ervin
Prev Title:	Structurally Sound
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	The In Between
Next Year:	1968

Booker 'n' Brass is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Pacific Jazz label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "To hear Booker Ervin as the leading solo voice on a recording with a larger ensemble is a treat, not only for his fans, but for those interested in modern big-band sounds grown from the bop era that are flavored with urban blues".^[3]

Track listing

1. "East Dallas Special" (Booker Ervin) - 4:37
2. "Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon René) - 4:22
3. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange) - 4:28
4. "L.A. After Dark" [Master - Take 6] (Teddy Edwards) - 5:03
5. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:00
6. "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:42
7. "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers) - 4:18
8. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 4:13
9. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 4:11
10. "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 3] (Edwards) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 7] (Edwards) - 5:05 Bonus track on CD reissue

• • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on September 12 (tracks 4, 6 & 9-11), September 13 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), and September 14 (tracks 3, 7 & 8), 1967.

Personnel

• • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone Martin Banks (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 8), Johnny Coles (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard (tracks 3, 4 & 6-11), Charles Tolliver (tracks 4, 6 & 9-11), Richard Williams - trumpet
• Garnett Brown (tracks 3, 4 & 6-11), Bennie Green, Britt Woodman (tracks 1, 2 & 5) - trombone
• Benny Powell (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 8) - bass trombone
• Kenny Barron - piano
• Reggie Johnson - bass
• Lenny McBrowne - drums
• Teddy Edwards - arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=qQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+brass&pg=RA1-PA52 Billboard January 27, 1968
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ErvinBooker-ldr.php Booker Ervin discography
3. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review; accessed February 1, 2011.