Exultation! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Prestige label.Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011 It was first released in 1963, then reissued in 1971 with two alternate takes labeled "short version" (the a- and b-sides of a 1963 single, "No Land's Man" backed with "Just in Time").
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Ervin and Strozier made a mutually inspiring team; pity that this was their only recording together".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated "Mooche Mooche" – 7:18 "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 6:19 "Mour" (Perkins) – 4:08 "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:29 "Just in Time" [Long Take] (Styne, Comden, Green) – 4:55 "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 2:38 "No Land's Man" [Long Take] (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 5:39 "Tune In" – 8:32
Personnel Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone Frank Strozier – alto saxophone Horace Parlan – piano Butch Warren – bass Walter Perkins – drums
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