''The Blues Book'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the

Prestige Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem; in earlier usage, ''prestige'' meant "showiness". (19th c.) Prestige may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Films * ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnet ...

label.Booker Ervin discography
accessed February 3, 2011 The front cover photograph was taken by Don Schlitten of Booker outside of 16 Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village, New York City.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The consistently passionate Ervin makes each of the fairly basic originals sound fresh and the performances are frequently exciting inside/outside music".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed February 3, 2011

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin. # "Eerie Dearie" – 14:30 # "One for Mort" – 6:24 # "No Booze Blooze" – 15:26 # "True Blue" – 5:07

Personnel

* Booker Ervin –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Richard Davis – bass *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blues Book, The Prestige Records albums Booker Ervin albums 1964 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Don Schlitten