The Song Book Explained

The Song Book
Type:	Album
Artist:	Booker Ervin
Cover:	The Song Book.jpg
Released:	July 1964^[1]
Recorded:	February 27, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:23
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7318
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Booker Ervin
Prev Title:	The Freedom Book
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Blues Book
Next Year:	1964

The Song Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated " Ervin and his quartet come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker Ervin never sounded like anyone else".^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 7:16
2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:39
3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:21
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:56
5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
6. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:27

Personnel

• Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Richard Davis - bass
• Alan Dawson - drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=jyIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+the+song+book&pg=PA35 Billboard July 18, 1964
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ErvinBooker-ldr.php Booker Ervin discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011