Gumbo! should not be confused with Gumbo'!.
| Gumbo! | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Pony Poindexter with Booker Ervin |
| Cover: | Gumbo! (audio cover).jpg |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Recorded: | June 27, 1963 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 75:29 CD reissue with bonus tracks |
| Label: | Prestige PR 16001 |
| Producer: | Ozzie Cadena |
| Chronology: | Pony Poindexter |
| Prev Title: | Pony Poindexter Plays the Big Ones |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Annie Ross & Pony Poindexter |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
Gumbo! is an album by saxophonists Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin which was released on the Prestige label in 1963.[1] [2] The 1999 CD reissue added eight unreleased selections from earlier sessions, three led by Poindexter and five by Ervin.
Al Campbell of Allmusic stated: "Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin joined alto and soprano saxophonist Pony Poindexter in 1963 on Gumbo, based around the sights and sounds of Poindexter's birthplace, the Crescent City. Poindexter penned the majority of these compositions, providing them with evocative titles of the city". Reviewing the CD reissue with bonus tracks for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor observed: "Though this disc does consist of a rather bizarre match of sessions the music is uniformly entertaining and should be investigated, particularly by listeners who harbor an appreciation for Ervin".[3]
All compositions by Pony Poindexter except where noted.