Heavy!!! Explained

Heavy!!!
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Booker Ervin Sextet
Cover:	Heavy!!!.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	September 9, 1966 Impact Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	46:17 CD reissue
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7499
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Booker Ervin
Prev Title:	Setting the Pace
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Structurally Sound
Next Year:	1966

Heavy!!! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The set matches Ervin with a remarkable rhythm section... The music is quite moody, soulful, and explorative yet not forbidding".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Bächafillen" (Garnett Brown) - 8:15
2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 8:43
3. "Aluminum Baby" (Jaki Byard) - 5:00
4. "Not Quite That" (Brown) - 7:54
5. "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" (Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) - 12:28
6. "Ode to Charlie Parker" (Byard) - 3:57 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone Jimmy Owens - trumpet (3,4,5,6), flugelhorn (1)
• Garnett Brown - trombone (1,3,4,5,6)
• Jaki Byard - piano
• Richard Davis - bass
• Alan Dawson - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ErvinBooker-ldr.php Booker Ervin discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2011