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Booker Ervin

Booker Ervin has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 12 April 2013. Booker Ervin's music has been featured on 34 episodes.

Booker Telleferro Ervin II (Denison, Texas, October 31, 1930 – New York City, July 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player.

Ervin is best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. He worked with Mingus from 1956 to 1963, appearing on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on the album Mingus Ah Um and "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" on Blues and Roots, as well as Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus.

After teaching himself tenor saxophone while in the United States Air Force…

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Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
New Jazz1962
Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinNew Jazz1962
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Gichi
Booker Ervin
Blue Note2005
Gichi
Booker ErvinBlue Note2005
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We Diddit
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
New Jazz1962
We Diddit
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinNew Jazz1962
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Stella By Starlight
Booker Ervin
Prestige1966
Stella By Starlight
Booker ErvinPrestige1966
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Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
Real Gone2013
Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinReal Gone2013
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Duquility
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
New Jazz1962
Duquility
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinNew Jazz1962
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Status Seeking
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
New Jazz1962
Status Seeking
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinNew Jazz1962
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Gumbo Filet
Pony Poindexter, Booker Ervin
Prestige1963
Gumbo Filet
Pony Poindexter, Booker ErvinPrestige1963
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Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin
New Jazz, Prestige1983
Warm Canto
Mal Waldron, Eric Dolphy, Booker ErvinNew Jazz, Prestige1983
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Dorian
Roy Haynes, Booker Ervin
New Jazz1963
Dorian
Roy Haynes, Booker ErvinNew Jazz1963
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