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The Song Book
Studio album by
Booker Ervin
ReleasedJuly 1964 [1]
RecordedFebruary 27, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length38:23
Label Prestige
PRLP 7318
Producer Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
The Freedom Book
(1963) 		The Song Book
(1964) 		The Blues Book
(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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

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

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 18, 1964
  2. ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN  0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.
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