''Back from the Gig'' is a

double LP A double album (or double record) is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording i ...

by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1968 but not released on the

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label until 1976.Blue Note discography
accessed January 31, 2011 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

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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".Yanow, S
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accessed January 31, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated'' ''Side One'' # "Home Is Africa" (

Ronnie Boykins Ronald Boykins (December 17, 1935 – April 20, 1980) was a jazz bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Witherspoon pr ...

) - 8:46 # "A Tune for Richard" - 6:06 # "Back from the Gig" ( Horace Parlan) - 5:52 ''Side Two'' # "Dexi" (

Johnny Coles John Coles (July 3, 1926 – December 21, 1997) was an American jazz trumpeter. Early life Coles was born in Trenton, New Jersey on July 3, 1926. He grew up in Philadelphia and was self-taught on trumpet. Later life and career Coles spent his ...

) - 5:54 # "Kuchenza Blues" (

Randy Weston Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious ...

) - 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 Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpet ...

) - 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 The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Kenny Barron (Side Three and Side Four), Horace Parlan (Side One and Side Two) -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

(Side One and Side Two),

(Side Three and Side Four) -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(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 Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, ...

- drums

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Booker Ervin albums 1976 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio