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    Artist: 
    Booker Ervin

    The Book Cooks

    Vinyl LP
    €24,99

    Release date: December 10, 2021

    Reissue of the 1961 classic debut album by the American jazz tenor saxophonist. Booker Ervin was one of jazz's biggest what-if's; he died young, at 39, from kidney disease, right as he was hitting another wave of sonic experiments. He was a tenor who played the blues like they emanated from deep inside him, taking inspiration from field hollers as much as bebop. He got compared to Coltrane - who made a lot of similar playing decisions - but he had a different way of playing his blues. His debut LP, 'The Book Cooks' shows he arrived on the solo scene essentially fully formed; he'd change towards the end of the '60s, but this LP was a roadmap for him for the first part of his bandleader career.

    Track Listing:
    1. The Blue Book - Booker Ervin 
    2. Git It - Booker Ervin 
    3. Little Jane - Booker Ervin 
    4. The Book Cooks - Booker Ervin 
    5. Largo - Booker Ervin 
    6. Poor Butterfly - Booker Ervin 

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    Format Album
    Release Date 2021
    Speed 33 RPM
    Size 12"

    Tracklist

    1. 1. The Blue Book
    2. 2. Git It
    3. 3. Little Jane