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Booker Ervin: Structurally Sound

In April 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Structurally Sound”, the 16th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in December 1966, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • John Hicks – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Lenny McBrowne – drums
  • Dino Lappas – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Gabor Halmos – design
  • Fred Seligo – photography
  • Leroy Robinson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Berkshire Blues – Randy Weston
  2. Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
  4. Franess – Charles Tolliver
  5. Boo’s Blues – Booker Ervin
  6. You’re My Everything – Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young
  7. Deep Night – Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallee
  8. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn

Quincy Jones: This Is How I Feel About Jazz

In February 1957, “ABC-Paramount” label released “This Is How I Feel About Jazz”, the second Quincy Jones album. It was recorded September 1956 – January 1957, at “Ballone Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone sax
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone sax
  • Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jerome Richardson – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Mann – flute
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Carl Perkins – piano
  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Milt Jackson – vibes

Track listing:

  1. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  2. Stockholm Sweetnin’ – Quincy Jones
  3. Evening in Paris – Quincy Jones
  4. Sermonette – Julian Adderley, Jon Hendricks
  5. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  6. Boo’s Blues – Quincy Jones