Booker Ervin was such a beast on the tenor. A highly skilled and fiery player with plenty to say on the sax. In short; a bad ass cat.
I have slowly collected his work on Prestige and this is another great session that I’ve been after for a long while, but it has proven to be a difficult one to find. So very happy to have found it in a local store. I’ve been acquiring several albums now in the past week from local stores. I feel quite fortunate to live in Stockholm where we have such a great supply of lovely stores when it comes to original jazz vinyl.
It’s great to have Frank Strozier present on this session. A wonderful player that I have been exploring a bit during this year. Found a couple of great titles by him as a leader some months ago. Horace Parlan is on piano and his contribution is fantastic. Really dig his style. I haven’t explored his work in depth but I’m aiming to do so, and maybe end up with a title or two featuring him. We also have Butch Warren on double bass and Walter Perkins on drums. A great group.
All tunes on this album are highly enjoyable and they all offer something different. If I am to name a few favorites it would be the beautiful ballad ”Black & Blue” and the Walter Perkins penned blues ”No Land’s Man”.
Exultation is what the title suggests and more. Great stuff!