Booker Ervin: A Lunar Tune
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Musicians:
Booker Ervin (tenor sax), Jaki Byard (piano),
Richard Davis (bass), Alan Dawson (drums)
.Composed by Booker Ervin
.Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 3, 1963
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Texas tenor Ervin possessed a brawny, cavernous sound like none other, and an original, harmonically sophisticated improvisational approach. Here he's backed by one of the greatest rhythm sections in jazz history--the exceptional Byard, Davis and Dawson. "A Lunar Tune," from perhaps his best recording, is a kaleidoscopic, exhilarating trip that makes the listener bemoan the fact that Ervin died in 1970 at only 39.
Reviewer: Scott Albin
Tags: 1960s jazz · tenor sax · texas tenor
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