The Freedom Book

1964 studio album by Booker Ervin
The Freedom Book
Studio album by
Booker Ervin
ReleasedMarch 1964[1]
RecordedDecember 3, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenrePost-bop, hard bop
Length40:05
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7295
ProducerDon Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
Gumbo!
(1963) 		The Freedom Book
(1964) 		The Song Book
(1964)

The Freedom Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Prestige label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The Freedom Book is a near perfect set of modern hard bop, ranging just far enough out there to feel fresh but retaining a strong lifeline to bop tradition".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except where noted

  1. "A Lunar Tune" - 7:50
  2. "Cry Me Not" (Randy Weston) - 4:53
  3. "Grant's Stand" - 8:01
  4. "A Day to Mourn" - 9:33
  5. "Al's In" - 9:48

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard March 21, 1964
  2. ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
  3. ^ a b Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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