While hes remembered foremost as a key contributor to the bands of jazz titan charles mingus, tenor saxophonist booker ervin also recorded a. Freedom s strain of unrelenting hardcore has always reflected a harsh reality, and their latest ep, never had a choice, is no different. Why vinyl and polaroids are coming back in the digital era. Booker ervin the freedom book prestige prst 7295 lp.
Buy dwcx digital printing studio backdrop vinyl photography prop photo background 5x7ft little flowers at amazon uk. Booker ervin headed to blue note in 1968 for the in between, a record that found him continuing in the vein of his later prestige sessions. Jun 11, 2019 two fantastic jazzmen who have yet to get their full due. Find album credit information for the freedom book booker ervin on allmusic. Booker ervin vinyl records and cds tenor saxophonist booker ervin possessed one of the warmest and emotionally expressive tones in jazz.
Described as a wellmixed musical cocktail of punk, folk, and new orleans blues, booker cites his influences as the gun club, blind willie johnson, and t. Booker ervin the freedom book 200g analogue productions reissue. The song book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the prestige label. Limited edition blue vinyl 500 copies available for preorder exclusively through ato records.
Includes the oftcopied wednesday night prayer meeting, plus my jelly roll soul, es. Jun 19, 2017 on his new album, the new orleansbased benjamin booker makes retro music feel modern, reflecting on racism in america while drawing on blues, soul, and gospel. Auditioning the record instore i failed to pick up the hissy vinyl, it sounded normal but fortunately it is a busy album with few quiet passages. Benjamin bookers witness is a firedup exploration of what it means to be a part of this turbulent time in history, taking in from a distance increasing racial violence and struggle for equality. Before booker ervin took his talents to blue note in the late 60s, he recorded heavy for the prestige label. He first reached a wide audience in 1958, when he began playing with the great bassist charles mingus. Booker ervin the song book 200 gram vinyl vinyl lp. The stylus is a key component in an audio system and is subjected to the most wear. Dwcx photography backdrop photo background vinyl 5x7ft. Booker ervin the freedom book 200g lp stereo booker ervin. Booker ervin the freedom book 200g vinyl lp music direct. The song book, the blues book and the space book were all subsequently recorded in 1964 for prestige, but this seminal 1963 recording is a masterpiece. The freedom book is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the prestige label. But it was his series of song books for prestige records that broadcast the stentorian announcement that a jazz orator of gigantic stature.
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Booker ervin excultation 200g vinyl lp shop music direct. Sep 27, 2007 for years ive been meaning to catch up seriously on ervin s own albums, notably the series of them on the prestige label referred to as books. Theres a depth of tone and conception here that goes far beyond even ervin s alreadygreat albums for prestige a mix of modernism and soulful expression that really points the way towards jazz expression in the 70s although sadly, booker was to leave the. I was turned on to him by a friend several years ago and own most of this albums. Its the perfect antidote to the ipod, says sukhdev sandhu. Benjamin booker witness limited vinyl lp ato records. Benjamins selftitled debut album, produced by andrija tokic alabama shakes, hurray for the riff raff is available now on.
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Booker ervin the freedom book prestige prst 7295 lp1964. There are about 4 pages of christmas clings inside great way to keep all those loose clings together. The first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist booker ervins the freedom book is an overlooked classic. Its a record about selfexploration, about learning to love yourself and opening yourself up to love others, about choosing the kind of person you want to be, about confronting death and. Booker ervin is a strong, powerful, earthy, bluesy player. If this cd were on blue note, it would have been rereleased as part of the rvg series, giving it the treatment and exposure it so rightly deserves. Aug 07, 2015 in general, vinyl will be a heavier weight than our paper backdrops. Booker ervin the blues book prestige pr 7340 vinyl, lp, album, stereo us 1965 side a. Booker ervinthe freedom book200 gram vinyl recordacoustic. Booker ervin the freedom book lp prestige 1964 rvg mono. There is no shortage of webspace devoted to vinyl records these days. The band is an allstar ensemble all the way through tentet that features jackie mclean, booker ervin, john handy, pepper adams, jimmy knepper, willie dennis, and horace parlan cutting a line perfectly with mingus on the albums 6 original tunes. Booker ervin booker n brass vinyl mp3 album download. Foggy road printed vinyl backdrop owens originals backdrops.
In some ways tenor saxophonist booker ervin was the archetypal jazz player for the postbop 1960s, combining the tradition of texas sax with just the hint of edgy modernism, a sort of the deltameetsmorocco sound so accessible that it is easy to miss the chances ervin. Charles mingusah umcolumbia records cs8171 stereo vinyl lp excellent cond. Ervin, however, also had a great run of solo records on prestige from 1963 through 1966, the best of which are his book series which began with the release of the freedom book in 1964 and continued with the song book, the blues book and the space book. Prestige prst 7318 original us stereo unusual, rare even, black label silver trident stereo prestige, first i have seen personally. His hardtoned sound with its southwest texas wailing and moaning can literally give me goose bumps. Booker t tagged vinyl fast atmosphere artist stores. Paper is core wound for easy hanging and conveniently sized to 53. Booker ervin, jaki byard, richard davis and alan dawson cook up some excellent music on this set.
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Ervin was known as book, and this sets name really. Just like on his classic series of books in 196364, he is joined on this september 1966 session by the amazing trio of jaki byard on piano, richard davis on bass and alan dawson on drums. Panasonic says the move is a response to the socalled vinyl revival. The second in tenor saxophonist booker ervin s book series, this cd reissue may seem a bit more conservative than the others due to the inclusion of six standards including come sunday, all the things you are and just friends, but ervin and his quartet with pianist tommy flanagan, bassist richard davis and drummer alan dawson come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker ervin the freedom book hybrid sacd music direct.
From the back from the gig lp 1976 tenor saxophone booker ervin trumpet woody shaw piano kenny barron drums. The song book 200 gram vinyl lp booker ervin complete 4tet 5tet 6tet recordings cd booker ervin. I would consider any jazz collection incomplete without at least one booker ervin cd in it. Apr 16, 20 printed vinyl can be used for all sorts of different purposes.
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