Booker Ervin - The Space Book (1964) 320 kbps

Tracklist

1 Number Two 8:13
2 I Can't Get Started 9:34
3 Mojo 10:26
4 There Is No Greater Love 7:0

personnel :

Jaki Byard - Piano
Richard Davis - Bass
Alan Dawson - Drums
Booker Ervin - Tenor Saxophone

Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin's quartet with pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Alan Dawson was so strong and dynamic that it is surprising that it only existed in the recording studio, and only for two sessions. For the fourth and final of Ervin's series of Books, the music is indeed somewhat spacey. The group explores two standards ("I Can't Get Started" and "There Is No Greater Love") along with a pair of Ervin originals (the intense "Number Two" and "Mojo"), stretching the boundaries of hard bop without totally abandoning the chord changes. This CD is a fine example of Booker Ervin's unique style.