Booker Ervin - Complete 4Tet/5Tet/6Tet Recordings [New CD] Spain - Imp

• 3-CD SET• INCLUDES 5 COMPLETE ORIGIAL ALBUMS• 32-PAGE BOOKLETThis release presents, for the first time ever on a single set, all collaborative small-group albums led by Booker Ervin and Horace Parlan. Other than these albums, they only recorded together as members of the celebrated Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop. The five LPs included here in their entireties (along with all existing material from the sessions) are Cookin’ (Savoy Records MG 12154), That’s It (Candid CJM-8014), Up and Down (Blue Note BST-84082), Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note BST-84134), and Exultation (Prestige PRLP-7293).One of many jazz stars to die prematurely, the brilliant tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin (1930-1970) died of kidney disease when he was only 39. Aged 85 at this writing, pianist Horace Parlan was stricken with polio in his childhood, resulting in the partial crippling of his right hand, which led him to develop a particularly “pungent” left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with highly rhythmic phrases with the right. Another big star on this set is guitarist Grant Green, heard on two of the LPs.PERSONNEL:BOOKER ERVIN, tenor sax, and HORACE PARLAN, piano, on all tracks, plus:CD 1 [1-5]: COOKIN':RICHARD WILLIAMS, trumpetGEORGE TUCKER, bassDANNIE RICHMOND, drumsNew Jersey, November 26, 1960CD 1 [7-10] & CD 2 [1-2]: THAT'S ITGEORGE TUCKER, bassAL HAREWOOD, drumsNew York, January 6, 1961CD 2 [3-9]: UP AND DOWNGRANT GREEN, guitar;GEORGE TUCKER, bassAL HAREWOOD, drums.New Jersey, June 18, 1961CD 2 [10] & CD 3 [1-5]: HAPPY FRAME OF MINDJOHNNY COLES, trumpetGRANT GREEN, guitarBUTCH WARREN, bassBILLY HIGGINS, drumsNew Jersey, February 15, 1963CD 3 [6-13]: EXULTATIONFRANK STROZIER, alto saxBUTCH WARREN, bassWALTER PERKINS, drums.New Jersey, June 19, 1963TRACKS:CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 71:21 Min.01 DEE DA DOO02 MR. WIGGLES03 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS04 DOWN IN THE DUMPS05 WELL, WELL06 AUTUMN LEAVES07 MOJO08 URANUS09 POINCIANA10 SPEAK LOWCD 2: TOTAL TIME: 76:33 Min.01 BOOKER’S BLUES02 BOO03 THE BOOK’S BEAT04 UP AND DOWN05 FUGEE06 THE OTHER PART OF TOWN07 LONELY ONE08 LIGHT BLUE09 FUGEE [alternate take]10 HOME IS AFRICACD 3: TOTAL TIME: 72:24 Min.01 A TUNE FOR RICHARD02 BACK FROM THE GIG03 DEXI04 KUCHEZA BLUES05 HAPPY FRAME OF MIND06 MOOCHE MOOCHE07 BLACK AND BLUE08 TUNE IN09 JUST IN TIME [short take]10 JUST IN TIME [long take]11 NO LAND’S MAN [short take]