Arranged for bass clef instruments, this edition of the real book. Booker is heard in prime form on this quartet set from 1961 with pianist horace parlan, bassist george tucker and drummer al harewood. Ear food presents a richly colored snapshot of an artist reaching his prime, a young player once dubbed ubiquitously as the young lion, is now head of the jazz pride. Little richard all categories lps, cds, vinyl record. Shop highquality unique trumpet tshirts designed and sold by artists. Ervin had made two records for pacific jazz, which is now owned, like blue note, by emi. To me, his best albums as a leader feature the rhythm section of jaki byard, richard davis and alan dawson the freedom book and the space book, but the song book, which replaced byard with tommy flanagan is pretty killing as well. Tex book tenor is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring the last performances ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the blue note register sociolinguistics 1,410 words view diff exact match in snippet view article. I might only use a couple of chords in a song, but i do my damn best with them. He made his name in charles mingus band and made several solo recordings before moving to europe in 1966. Distribution info music movies books turntables selectohits, music, distribution, ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping, store. Tex book tenor june 1968 blue note connoisseur thats tex as in texas tenor, which i assume refers to ervin s big tone and the bluesy curvature of his notes.
Booker ervin back from the gig blue note bnla488h2 2lp1976. Simple melodies moving around luscious chords are to the fore, and roy. Definitions of woody shaw, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of woody shaw, analogical dictionary of woody shaw english. Lennie tristano 1955 atlantic includes best jazz pianists. Simple melodies moving around luscious chords are to the fore, and roy gets back to his jazz.
The vocal sheet music collection is a noncirculating collection of over 5700 individual pieces of sheet music of songs not easily found in songbook collections. Prestige all categories lps, cds, vinyl record albums. One of the most farreaching, exploratory records cut by booker ervin during the 60s a set that really lives up to the freedom in its title. Available in a range of colours and styles for men, women, and everyone. Tex book tenor 1968 2005 released in 1976 as part of back from the gig. As multiinstrumentalist alto and tenor saxophones, trumpet, and violin, composer, and band leader, coleman moved jazz away from a dependence on chord changes and based the music instead on what he called harmolodics, a freer harmonic structure founded on a musicians melodic conception. Ervin gained fame while playing with charles mingus off and on during 19561962, holding his own with the volatile bassist. Of the musicians on this album, john handy, booker ervin, horace parlan, and dannie richmond are currently working with mingus. Another point is key unlike many coltraneinspired saxophonists ervin rarely used the tenor s altissimo register only towards the very end of his life do we hear him soaring away up there in what is a superficially coltranelike manner in particular on 204, from 1968s tex book tenor. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals do nothin till. The title sets up the formula easily broadway tunes, given a touch of jazz and since the sounds are in place, the jazzy touches are nice and soulful, and open up tunes from oliver, camelot, no strings, how to succeed in business, and other 60s musicals. Different perspectives in my room booker ervin back. Booker ervin was a strongly individual player who always had a very unique sound on the tenor and was influenced by his association with charles mingus. In a sense, it is an answer book to accompany the earlier edition, which omitted most chords.
Simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a 2017 release on the acrobat label booker ervin. Fans of the orb or brian eno will find it an old hat, but for early70s jazz, this was downright revolutionary. Vocal sheet music collection carnegie library of pittsburgh. Ukulele in standard tuning has essentially the same intervals, but three steps higher, so you could more or less transpose the chords, but it would still sound a little different, because the highest string on the uke jumps up an octave. I doubt that any jazz musician has worked his name into more titles than ervin. Barrons playing is totally inspired, pushing huge chords a. Tenor saxophonist booker ervin s quartet with pianist jaki byard, bassist richard davis and drummer alan dawson was so strong and dynamic that it is surprising that it only existed in the recording studio, and only for two sessions. Nov 05, 20 the chord changes are borrowed from all of me, but instead of the romantic sensibility of that standard, tristano offers a diamondhard coolness purged of all emotional excesses. Red connors, tex beneke, jesse powell, john hardee, booker ervin, david fathead newman, dewey. Lead sheet fake book 1 lyrics 1 pianokeyboard 15 pianovocalguitar piano accompaniment 5 pianovocalguitar 20 ukulele chords lyrics 1216 ukulele ensemble 5 ukulele tab 94 ukulele tab 94 ukulele 5572 voice 16 artist. This is a great session from 1968 led by tenor saxophonist booker ervin. You might also check the librarys catalog for thousands of other songs within songbooks shelved in the department. The 11 songs on the album were recorded in adrians home town of daylesford in victoria. We supply sheet music, books, and accessories to musicians of every style, from beginners to professionals.
If you like early 1960s jackie mclean, you will like booker ervin. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Roger has done a nice job of adapting it for young players while keeping the feel of the original. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervin s debut date for blue note, the in between, which was released in january of the same year. Three sounds all categories lps, cds, vinyl record albums. Central hugfriend armyfractal dunes and the dreams that resulted na.
The lineage of texas tenors is long and impressive. Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Tex book tenor is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring the last performances ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the blue note. Find top songs and albums by booker ervin including white christmas, 204 and. Tex book tenor by booker ervin, released in 2005 on blue note records. Born with a photographic memory and perfect pitch, shaw is widely known for advancing the technical and harmonic language of modern jazz trumpet playing. His style reminds me of jackie mclean who i believe is also an unrelentingly swinging, tough stylist. Your favorite albums of 1968 page 8 steve hoffman music. An obscure one for the three sounds and not a bad little record at all. For the fourth and final of ervin s series of books, the music is indeed somewhat spacey. Please note that most of the chordings presented here are very simple what a new student would be expected to devise. See more ideas about album covers, great albums, greatest album covers. Hes also got some harlem in his horn, able to dive into a complex run in an instant.
Barrons playing is totally inspired, pushing huge chords at both. Jan 18, 2008 an interesting recent find was in a capricornian way, originally recorded on booker ervin s tex book tenor, if youre interested in an earlier treatment by woody. Oct 04, 2005 tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervin s debut date for blue note, the in between, which was released in january of the same year. The album really takes off from some of ervin s other work of the time and stands along next to the equallygreat space book as a departure from his roots as mostly a texasstyled tenorman. Tex book tenor was recorded in 1968 as a followup to booker ervin s debut date for blue. I was hired and sang with the mellolarks tommy hamm, bob smith, jack bierman and me. May 31, 2018 simon spillett prepared this piece on booker ervin to accompany a 2017 release on the acrobat label booker ervin.
Long, droning, sustained chords on a variety of wind and reed instruments float above muhammads percussion, which ebbs and flows in a free, almost arrhythmic way through most of the piece. But to trifectaulate the pairing, add in horace parlans happy state of mind. A handy binder with all the chords youll ever need we have many pocket books and binders for quick reference learning, or to look up chords for many different instruments. Penders music company is an experienced leader among print music dealers.
Volume ii contains 400 songs, including moon river, georgia on my mind, fly me to the moon, oye como va and many more wellknown tunes. If it hadnt been for mels ambition, i wouldnt have auditioned for tex s band. We have a separate collection of pittsburgh sheet music. Hb barnum arranged and produced the set, but the groove is less funkier than some of barnums other work of the time a bit more rockish in some of the rhythms and instrumentation, which is no surprise considering.
Homecoming 197679 sophisticated giant 1977 gotham city 1981 with george gruntz. Kerjuk, irja be a fiokja emailcimet, melyre kuldunk onnek egy ellenorzo kodot. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. Ervins joined here by kenny barron on piano, woody shaw on trumpet, jan arnet on. The chord blues a playlist created by the jazz aficionado.
Woody shaw musician music database radio swiss jazz. Roots musician adrian koskys third album, the high side of the low end, chronicles both. December 24, 1944 may 10, 1989 was an american virtuoso trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and band leader, described by npr music as the last great trumpet innovator. High quality piano inspired mugs by independent artists and designers from around the world. Lee konitz, maybe, but konitz was born three years before ervin, and continues to work 35 years after ervin died. Willie dennis, jimmy knepper, and shafi hadi have worked with him in the past, and were called especially for this date. Born with a photographic memory and perfect pitch, shaw is credited with advancing the technical and harmonic conventions of modern jazz t. Im especially fond of green but thats another post, another day, when i get back to my specialty.
Tex book tenor 1968 2005 originally released in 1976 as part of back from the gig. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. December 24, 1944 may 10, 1989 was an american jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Booker ervin tex book tenor jazz cd tex book tenor booker ervin 0. If they shared one thing it all, it was a dedication. This slow cooking shuffle tune became a trademark for booker t. The book cooks, the song book, the blues book, and so on. There are two types of journey into the world, and into the heart. The good book acrobat acqcd 7121 which compiled his three earliest albums the book cooks, cookin and thats it. Homecoming 197679 sophisticated giant 1977 gotham city 1981 with george. Once i found out who this sax player was booker ervin i went out and bought everything i could find from him. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals do nothin till you.
Tex book tenor back from the gig booker ervin, 1968 ichiban louis hayes and junior cook, 1976 the real thing louis hayes, 1977 if youre not part of the solution, youre part of the problem joe henderson, 1970 joe henderson quintet at the lighthouse 1970 grass roots andrew hill, 1968 lift every voice andrew hill, 196970. Probably my favorite booker records as leader are the inbetween and what has been come to be known as tex book tenor. Tex book tenor booker ervin was a great tenor sax player forgotten mostly because of his premature death. Ervin s style is unrelentingly tough and atmospheric. Tex book tenor 193 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article tex book tenor is an album by american jazz saxophonist booker ervin featuring the last performances ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the blue note. In his time he was viewed as a leading innovator on his.
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