Structurally Sound
1967 studio album by Booker Ervin
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| Studio album by Booker Ervin | ||||
| Released | April 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 14, 15 & 16, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:35 | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
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Structurally Sound is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin recorded in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[2] The album was rereleased on CD in 2001 on the Blue Note label with four bonus tracks.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "Structurally Sound is perhaps not Ervin's most provocative album, but a solid and tasty endeavor".[3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
- "Berkshire Blues" (Randy Weston) - 5:30
- "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:58
- "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 4:59
- "Franess" (Charles Tolliver) - 5:08
- "Boo's Blues" (Booker Ervin) - 5:33
- "You're My Everything" (Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young) - 4:46
- "Deep Night" (Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallee) - 4:58
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:43
- "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Franess" [alternate take] (Tolliver) - 5:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Deep Night" [alternate take] (Henderson, Vallee) - 7:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California on December 14 (tracks 5, 6 & 9), December 15 (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 11), December 16 (tracks 2, 3, 7, 10 & 12), 1966.
Personnel
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet
- John Hicks - piano
- Red Mitchell - bass
- Lenny McBrowne - drums
References
- ^ Billboard April 8, 1967
- ^ Booker Ervin discography; accessed February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b Collar, M. Allmusic Review; accessed December 9, 2010.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
- The Book Cooks (1960)
- Cookin' (1960)
- That's It! (1961)
- Exultation! (1963)
- Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963)
- The Freedom Book (1963)
- The Song Book (1964)
- The Blues Book (1964)
- The Space Book (1964)
- Groovin' High (1963–64)
- The Trance (1965)
- Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (1966)
- Structurally Sound (1966)
- Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
- The In Between (1968)
- Tex Book Tenor (1968)
- Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Mingus Dynasty (1959)
- Blues & Roots (1959)
- Mingus (1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976])
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
- Oh Yeah (1961)
- Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964])
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
- Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
- Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
- Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
- The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
- Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
- Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
- The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
- Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
- Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
- Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])
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