Booker Ervin

Real Name:
Booker Telleferro Ervin II
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b. October 31, 1930 - Denison, Texas
d. July 31, 1970 - New York City

American jazz tenor saxophonist. Died of kidney disease at age 39.
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Releases:
Sounds Of The Inner City (LP)   TCB Records 1960
Exultation! (LP, Album)   Prestige 1963
The Space Book (LP, Album)   Prestige 1965
Exultation! (LP, Album)   Prestige 1970
That's It (LP)   Barnaby Records 1970
Soul People (LP, Album, RE)   Prestige 1973
The Blues Book (CD, Album)   Prestige 1993
The Space Book (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Prestige, Original Jazz Classics 1996
Structurally Sound (CD, Album, RM, Ltd)   Blue Note 2001
Tex Book Tenor (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Blue Note 2005
The Freedom Book (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Prestige 2007
Appears On:
Mingus Ah Um (Album) (11 versions)   Columbia ... 1959
Portraits (Reel, 2 T)   World Record Club 1959
Blues & Roots (Album) (7 versions)   Atlantic ... 1960
Diane / Gunslinging Bird (7")   Philips, Philips 1960
Mingus (LP)   Candid 1960
Up And Down (LP, Album, Mono, Mic) The Book's Beat Blue Note 1961
Oh Yeah (Album) (7 versions)   Atlantic ... 1962
Cracklin' (LP)   New Jazz Records Inc. 1963
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Album) (6 versions)   Impulse! ... 1963
The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1 (Comp) (2 versions) Freedom Impulse! 1964
Mingus Revisited (Album) (2 versions)   Limelight 1965
Tonight At Noon (3 versions) Invisible Lady, 'Old' ... Atlantic 1965
Grass Roots (Album) (3 versions)   Blue Note 1968
African Cookbook (LP)   Atlantic 1972
The Quest (LP, RE)   Bellaphon 1972
The Art Of Charles Mingus - The Atlantic Years (2xLP)   Atlantic 1974
The Bass (Box + 3xLP) II BS Impulse! 1974
Charlie Mingus (LP, Album, RE)   Amiga 1976
Mingus At Antibes (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1976
Fire Waltz (2xLP, RE, Gat)   Prestige 1978
Nostalgia In Times Square / The Immortal 1959 Sessions (2xLP, RE, Gat)   CBS 1979
Passions Of A Man: An Anthology Of His Atlantic Recordings (3xLP, Comp)   Atlantic 1979
Live (LP)   Affinity 1980
Mingus Dynasty (4 versions)   Columbia ... 1983
Blue Bossa (CD) Mira Blue Note 1991
Red Hot On Impulse! (CD) Hora Decubitus Impulse! 1991
Afro Blue (CD, Comp) Home Is Africa Blue Note 1993
Thirteen Pictures - The Charles Mingus Anthology (2xCD + Box)   Rhino Entertainment Company 1993
In A Soulful Mood (CD)   Music Club 1995
This Is Jazz (10xCD, RM, Comp + Box, Ltd) Better Git It In Your ... Columbia 1996
This Is Jazz 6 - Charles Mingus (CD)   Columbia 1996
Essentiel Jazz (CD, Comp) Boogie Stop Shuffle Sony Music 1997
Feeling Swing - Grands Classiques Du Jazz (CD, Comp) Better Git It In Your ... Columbia 1997
Presents Charles Mingus (CD, Album)   Candid 1997
Afro Blue Vol.2/The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz (CD, Comp) Zulu Blue Note 1998
Blue Pacific Funk - Wailin' On The West Coast (CD, Comp) East Dallas Special, L... Blue Note 1998
Legends Of Acid Jazz - Hammond Heroes (CD, Comp) Donald Duck Prestige 1998
Pre-Bird (CD, Album, RM, RE, Gat) Eclipse Mercury 1999
Gilles Peterson & Patrick Forge Present - Sunday Afternoon At Dingwalls (2xCD, Comp) Dorian Ether 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Best Of Impulse Records (CD) Theme For Lester Young... Impulse! 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Theme For Lester Young... Impulse! 2006
The Impulse Story (CD)   Impulse! 2006
Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress (DVD)   Salt Peanuts 2007
Record Store Day 2009 Edition (LP, Ltd, Promo) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Sony Music Entertainment 2009
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 2 (LP) Pithecanthropus Erectus Curcio  
Immortal Concerts: Jazz Festival, Antibes, July 13, 1960 (CD)   Giants Of Jazz  
Stormy Weather (2xLP) MDM, Vassaslean, Lock ... Chess  
The Quest (LP)   Fantasy  
Tracks Appear On:
Blue Pacific Funk - Wailin' On The West Coast (CD, Comp) East Dallas Special, L... Blue Note 1998
New York, New York: The City In Song (CD, Comp) Harlem Nocturne Blue Note 2000
Blue Impressions - Blue Note Mix By DJ Mitsu The Beats (CD, Mixed, Comp) Sweet Pea Fabulous Records 2004
Prestige Profiles Collector Edition: Volume 5 (CD, Comp, Car) A Lunar Tune Prestige 2005
Trip Tease Vol. 1 - Fine Moments From The Blue Note Catalogue (2xCD, Comp) Stolen Moments EMI Music (Belgium) 2007
Unofficial Releases:
The Beatnuts Collection (2xLP, Unofficial) The Confined Few Strictly Breaks Records 2003
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