Booker 'n' Brass
{{Infobox album|
| name = Booker 'n' Brass
| type = Album
| artist = Booker Ervin
| cover = Booker 'n' Brass.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1968[https://books.google.com/books?id=qQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+brass&pg=RA1-PA52 Billboard January 27, 1968]
| recorded = September 12, 1967
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:07
| label = Pacific Jazz
| producer = Richard Bock
| chronology = Booker Ervin
| prev_title = Structurally Sound
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = The In Between
| next_year = 1968
}}
Booker 'n' Brass is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Pacific Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ErvinBooker-ldr.php Booker Ervin discography]; accessed February 1, 2011.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "To hear Booker Ervin as the leading solo voice on a recording with a larger ensemble is a treat, not only for his fans, but for those interested in modern big-band sounds grown from the bop era that are flavored with urban blues".Nastos, M. G. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/booker-n-brass-r68961/review Allmusic Review]; accessed February 1, 2011.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=450}}
}}
Track listing
- "East Dallas Special" (Booker Ervin) - 4:37
- "Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon René) - 4:22
- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange) - 4:28
- "L.A. After Dark" [Master - Take 6] (Teddy Edwards) - 5:03
- "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:00
- "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:42
- "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers) - 4:18
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 4:13
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 4:11
- "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 3] (Edwards) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 7] (Edwards) - 5:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on September 12 (tracks 4, 6 & 9-11), September 13 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), and September 14 (tracks 3, 7 & 8), 1967.
Personnel
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
- Martin Banks (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 8), Johnny Coles (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard (tracks 3, 4 & 6-11), Charles Tolliver (tracks 4, 6 & 9-11), Richard Williams - trumpet
- Garnett Brown (tracks 3, 4 & 6-11), Bennie Green, Britt Woodman (tracks 1, 2 & 5) - trombone
- Benny Powell (tracks 1-3, 5, 7 & 8) - bass trombone
- Kenny Barron - piano
- Reggie Johnson - bass
- Lenny McBrowne - drums
- Teddy Edwards - arranger, conductor
References
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Category:Pacific Jazz Records albums