The Song Book

The Song Book
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	1964
Recorded	February 27, 1964 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:23
Label	Prestige PRLP 7318
Producer	Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
The Freedom Book (1963) The Song Book (1964) The Blues Book (1964)

The Song Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated " Ervin and his quartet come up with fresh interpretations of the warhorses. Booker Ervin never sounded like anyone else".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

1. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 7:16
2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:39
3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:21
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:56
5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:44
6. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:27

Personnel

• Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Richard Davis - bass
• Alan Dawson - drums

References

1. Booker Ervin discography accessed February 3, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2011
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.