BOOKER ERVIN "EXULTATION " AP, LE, NE, SO, 180G, RVG, STEREO, NEW/SEALED
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BOOKER ERVIN "EXULTATION!"
"PART OF THE ULTIMATE AUDIOPHILE PRESTIGE STEREO REISSUES FROM ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS--25 OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE, RAREST, MOST AUDIOPHILE-SOUNDING RUDY VAN GELDER RECORDINGS EVER MADE. ALL MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES BY MASTERING MAESTRO KEVIN GRAY. 180-GRAM LPS PRESSED AT STATE-OF-THE-ART PLANT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS AND PLATED BY GARY SALSTROM. ALL 25 LP'S IN THIS SERIES ARE PART OF A LIMITED EDITION, SOLD-OUT EDITION, NUMBERED EDITION (#66)."
"INTENSITY MARKED EVERYTHING THAT BOOKER ERVIN PLAYED. IN HIS HARMONIC CONCEPT, SLASHING ATTACK, AND BROAD TEXAS SOUND, ERVIN DEMANDED ATTENTION AND CONSTANTLY BUILT IMPROVISATIONS OF SEARING DRAMA AND EPIC SWEEP. BOOKER ERVIN'S PRIMARY LEGACY IS A SERIES OF INTENSE ALBUMS RECORDED FOR PRESTIGE IN THE 1960'S, OF WHICH THIS WAS THE FIRST, A RIVETING QUINTET RECITAL WHERE THE ALTO SAXOPHONE OF FRANK STROZIER SUPPLIES AN URGENT COMPLEMENT AND THE RHYTHM SECTION IS PILOTED BY HORACE PARLAN, ERVIN'S LONGTIME COMPATRIOT FROM THEIR DAYS TOGETHER IN THE CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP AND IN A COOPERATIVE QUARTET THAT WORKED AT MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE."
"ERVIN AND STROZIER MADE A MUTUALLY INSPIRING TEAM; PITY THAT THIS WAS THEIR ONLY RECORDING TOGETHER." SCOTT YANOW, ALL MUSIC
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