''Tex Book Tenor'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring the last performances Ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the

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accessed January 31, 2011 The session was first released in 1976 as a

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'' Back from the Gig'' combined with a 1964 session recorded under Horace Parlan's leadership (released in 1988 as '' Happy Frame of Mind'') and finally released in 2005 on CD.

Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is a wonderful addition not only to the Blue Note catalog on CD, but to Ervin's own shelf as well, and should be picked up by anyone interested in him as a bandleader and composer".Jurek, T
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Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except as noted # "Gichi" ( Kenny Barron) - 7:27 # "Den Tex" - 7:38 # "In a Capricornian Way" (

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) - 5:52 # "Lynn's Tune" - 6:16 # "204" - 10:21 *Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 24, 1968.

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 -

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* Jan Arnet - bass *

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- drums

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Booker Ervin albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Francis Wolff 2005 albums