Booker Ervin – Tex Book Tenor – 180g [Tone Poet Series]

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Artrist: Booker Ervin |Label: Blue Note |Format: LP |Genre: Jazz | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Booker Ervin
Tex Book Tenor
Blue Note 84314 – Tone Poet Series

Following sideman appearances with pianistHorace Parlanin the early 1960s,Booker Ervincut two stellar Blue Note records as a leader in 1968 includingTex Book Tenorwhich had to wait nearly 40 years until 2005 for its first standalone release. With a sleek post-bop quintet featuring trumpeterWoody Shaw, pianistKenny Barron, bassistJan Arnet, and drummerBilly Higgins, the Texas-born saxophonist slices through a set of compelling bandmember originals including Barrons sinuous tune Gichi and Shaws lilting waltz In a Capricornian Way, as well as Ervins lovely ballad Lynns Tune and the hard-swinging Den Tex, named for his hometown of Denison.

Blue Note Tone Poet Series
The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the Tone Poet, on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
Blue Note Records Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Tracklist:

A1: Gichi
A2: Den Tex
A3: In a Capricornian Way
B1: Lynn’s Tune
B2: 204

NEW SEALED 180g LP – audiophile quality w/ thick gatefold jacket