Back from the Gig
1976 studio album by Booker Ervin
| Back from the Gig | ||||
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| Studio album by Booker Ervin | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | February 15, 1963 and May 24, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 85:04 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Booker Ervin chronology | ||||
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Back from the Gig is a double LP by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1968 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1976.[1] The earlier session was later released in 1988 as originally intended under Horace Parlan's name as Happy Frame of Mind and the later session was finally released in 2005 as Tex Book Tenor.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The stimulating group originals and advanced solos (which fall somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde) still sound fresh and frequently exciting".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
Side One
- "Home Is Africa" (Ronnie Boykins) – 8:46
- "A Tune for Richard" – 6:06
- "Back from the Gig" (Horace Parlan) – 5:52
Side Two
- "Dexi" (Johnny Coles) – 5:54
- "Kuchenza Blues" (Randy Weston) – 5:39
- "Happy Frame of Mind" (Horace Parlan) – 6:13
Side Three
- "Gichi" (Kenny Barron) – 7:27
- "Den Tex" – 7:38
- "In A Capricornian Way" (Woody Shaw) – 5:52
Side Four
- "Lynn's Tune" – 6:16
- "204" – 10:21
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on February 15, 1963 (Side One and Side Two) and June 24, 1968 (Side Three and Side Four).
Personnel
- Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
- Kenny Barron (Side Three and Side Four), Horace Parlan (Side One and Side Two) – piano
- Johnny Coles (Side One and Side Two), Woody Shaw (Side Three and Side Four) – trumpet
- Grant Green – guitar (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 3)
- Jan Arnet (Side Three and Side Four), Butch Warren (Side One and Side Two) – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed January 31, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 31, 2011
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
- The Book Cooks (1960)
- Cookin' (1960)
- That's It! (1961)
- Exultation! (1963)
- Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963)
- The Freedom Book (1963)
- The Song Book (1964)
- The Blues Book (1964)
- The Space Book (1964)
- Groovin' High (1963–64)
- The Trance (1965)
- Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (1966)
- Structurally Sound (1966)
- Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
- The In Between (1968)
- Tex Book Tenor (1968)
- Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Mingus Dynasty (1959)
- Blues & Roots (1959)
- Mingus (1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976])
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
- Oh Yeah (1961)
- Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964])
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
- Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
- Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
- Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
- The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
- Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
- Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
- The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
- Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
- Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
- Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])
