Booker 'n' Brass is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Pacific Jazz label.Booker Ervin discography; accessed February 1, 2011.
Reception The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "To hear Booker Ervin as the leading solo voice on a recording with a larger ensemble is a treat, not only for his fans, but for those interested in modern big-band sounds grown from the bop era that are flavored with urban blues".Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review; accessed February 1, 2011.
Track listing "East Dallas Special" (Booker Ervin) - 4:37 "Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon René) - 4:22 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange) - 4:28 "L.A. After Dark" [Master - Take 6] (Teddy Edwards) - 5:03 "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:00 "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:42 "Harlem Nocturne" (Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers) - 4:18 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 4:13 "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 4:11 "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 3] (Edwards) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue "L.A. After Dark" [Alternate Take 7] (Edwards) - 5:05 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on September 12 (tracks 4, 6 & 9–11), September 13 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), and September 14 (tracks 3, 7 & 8), 1967.
Personnel Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone Martin Banks (tracks 1–3, 5, 7 & 8), Johnny Coles (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard (tracks 3, 4 & 6–11), Charles Tolliver (tracks 4, 6 & 9–11), Richard Williams - trumpet Garnett Brown (tracks 3, 4 & 6–11), Bennie Green, Britt Woodman (tracks 1, 2 & 5) - trombone Benny Powell (tracks 1–3, 5, 7 & 8) - bass trombone Kenny Barron - piano Reggie Johnson - bass Lenny McBrowne - drums Teddy Edwards - arranger, conductor
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