''Exultation!'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist
Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the
Prestige label.
[Booker Ervin discography](_blank)
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
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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"
ong Take(Styne, Comden, Green) – 4:55
# "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 2:38
# "No Land's Man"
ong Take(Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 5:39
# "Tune In" – 8:32
Personnel
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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 (whi ...
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Frank Strozier –
alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...
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Horace Parlan –
piano
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Butch Warren –
bass
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Walter Perkins –
drums
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References
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Prestige Records albums
Booker Ervin albums
1963 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Don Schlitten