Booker Ervin

tenor saxophone

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus
Rudy van Gelder recording 204, A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, All the Things You Are, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Black and Blue, Come Sunday, Cry Me Not, Den Tex, Eerie Dearie, Gichi, Grant's Stand, Groovin' High, I Can't Get Started, In a Capricornian Way, Just Friends, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Largo, Lynn's Tune, Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Booze Blooze, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Number Two, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Stella by Starlight, Sweet Pea, The Lamp Is Low, The Muse, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The in Between, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Tune In, Tyra, Yesterdays
Alan Dawson drums A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, All the Things You Are, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Blues for You, Blues for You (Cont.), Bächafillen, Come Sunday, Cry Me Not, Dexter's Deck, Eerie Dearie, Grant's Stand, Groovin' High, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Just Friends, Mojo, No Booze Blooze, Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, Stella by Starlight, The Lamp Is Low, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is
Don Schlitten producer All the Things You Are, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Black and Blue, Bächafillen, Come Sunday, Dexter's Deck, Eerie Dearie, Groovin' High, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Just Friends, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Booze Blooze, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, The Lamp Is Low, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Tune In, Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is
Horace Parlan piano Autumn Leaves, Black and Blue, Boo, Booker’s Blues, Dee Da Do, Down in the Dumps, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Lament for Booker, Mister Wiggles, Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Poinciana, Speak Low, Tune In, Uranus, Well, Well, You Don't Know What Love Is

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Rudy van Gelder recording 204, A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, All the Things You Are, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Black and Blue, Come Sunday, Cry Me Not, Den Tex, Eerie Dearie, Gichi, Grant's Stand, Groovin' High, I Can't Get Started, In a Capricornian Way, Just Friends, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Largo, Lynn's Tune, Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Booze Blooze, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Number Two, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Stella by Starlight, Sweet Pea, The Lamp Is Low, The Muse, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The in Between, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Tune In, Tyra, Yesterdays
Alan Dawson drums A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, All the Things You Are, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Blues for You, Blues for You (Cont.), Bächafillen, Come Sunday, Cry Me Not, Dexter's Deck, Eerie Dearie, Grant's Stand, Groovin' High, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Just Friends, Mojo, No Booze Blooze, Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, Stella by Starlight, The Lamp Is Low, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is
Don Schlitten producer All the Things You Are, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Black and Blue, Bächafillen, Come Sunday, Dexter's Deck, Eerie Dearie, Groovin' High, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Just Friends, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Booze Blooze, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, The Lamp Is Low, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Tune In, Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is
Horace Parlan piano Autumn Leaves, Black and Blue, Boo, Booker’s Blues, Dee Da Do, Down in the Dumps, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Lament for Booker, Mister Wiggles, Mojo, Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Poinciana, Speak Low, Tune In, Uranus, Well, Well, You Don't Know What Love Is
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) bass A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, All the Things You Are, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Come Sunday, Cry Me Not, Eerie Dearie, Grant's Stand, Groovin' High, I Can't Get Started, Just Friends, Mojo, No Booze Blooze, Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, One for Mort, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Stella by Starlight, The Lamp Is Low, The Second # 2, The Second #2, There Is No Greater Love, True Blue, Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is
Jaki Byard piano A Day to Mourn, A Lunar Tune, Al's In, Aluminum Baby, Bass-Ix, Bass-ix, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Cry Me Not, Dexter's Deck, Grant's Stand, Groovin' at the Jamboree, I Can't Get Started, Mojo, Not Quite That, Number Two, Ode to Charlie Parker, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, Stella by Starlight, The Second # 2, The Second #2, The Trance, There Is No Greater Love, You Don't Know What Love Is
Lenny McBrowne drums Baltimore Oriole, Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Largo, Mour, Salt Lake City, Shiny Stockings, St. Louis Blues, Stolen Moments, Sweet Pea, Take The A Train, The Muse, The in Between, Tyra, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Richard Williams (jazz trumpeter) trumpet Autumn Leaves, Baltimore Oriole, Dee Da Do, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, Down in the Dumps, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Mister Wiggles, Mour, Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues, Sweet Pea, The Muse, The in Between, Tyra, Well, Well, You Don't Know What Love Is
George Tucker bass Autumn Leaves, Boo, Booker’s Blues, Dee Da Do, Down in the Dumps, Git It, Largo, Little Jane, Mister Wiggles, Mojo, Poinciana, Poor Butterfly, Speak Low, The Blue Book, The Book Cooks, The Trolley Song, Uranus, Well, Well, When You're Smilin', You Don't Know What Love Is
Richard Bock (record producer) producer Baltimore Oriole, Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, Shiny Stockings, St. Louis Blues, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Kenny Barron piano 204, Baltimore Oriole, Den Tex, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Gichi, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, In a Capricornian Way, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Lynn's Tune, Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Dannie Richmond drums Autumn Leaves, Dee Da Do, Down in the Dumps, Git It, Largo, Little Jane, Mister Wiggles, Poor Butterfly, The Blue Book, The Book Cooks, Well, Well, You Don't Know What Love Is
Tommy Flanagan piano All the Things You Are, Come Sunday, Git It, Just Friends, Largo, Little Jane, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Poor Butterfly, The Blue Book, The Book Cooks, The Lamp Is Low, Yesterdays
Dino Lappas recording Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
John Hicks piano Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Francis Wolff (photographer and record producer) producer 204, Den Tex, Gichi, In a Capricornian Way, Largo, Lynn's Tune, Mour, Sweet Pea, The Muse, The in Between, Tyra
Charles Tolliver trumpet Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Ray Hall recording Baltimore Oriole, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), L.A. After Dark Alternative (take 3), L.A. After Dark Alternative (take 7), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Red Mitchell bass Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Ron McMaster remixer Berkshire Blues, Boo's Blues, Dancing In The Dark, Deep Night, Franess, Franess (Alternate Take), Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Take The A Train, White Christmas, You're My Everything
Garnett Brown trombone Aluminum Baby, Baltimore Oriole, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, Harlem Nocturne, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Not Quite That, Ode to Charlie Parker, You Don't Know What Love Is
Bennie Green trombone Baltimore Oriole, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Reggie Johnson bass Baltimore Oriole, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Ray Copeland trumpet Baltimore Oriole, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Teddy Edwards (jazz saxophonist) arranger, conductor Baltimore Oriole, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Butch Warren bass Black and Blue, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Tune In
Frank Strozier alto saxophone Black and Blue, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Tune In
Tom Wilson (Producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.) producer Autumn Leaves, Dee Da Do, Down in the Dumps, Mister Wiggles, The Trolley Song, Well, Well, When You're Smilin', You Don't Know What Love Is
Al Harewood drums Boo, Booker’s Blues, Mojo, Poinciana, Speak Low, The Trolley Song, Uranus, When You're Smilin'
Walter Perkins (Chicago jazz drummer) drums Black and Blue, Just in Time (long take), Just in Time (short take), Mooche Mooche, Mour, No Land's Man (long take), No Land's Man (short take), Tune In
Freddie Hubbard trumpet Baltimore Oriole, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Benny Powell bass trombone Baltimore Oriole, East Dallas Special, Kansas City, L.A. After Dark (take 6), Salt Lake City, St. Louis Blues
Martin Banks trumpet Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, East Dallas Special, Harlem Nocturne, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Kansas City, Salt Lake City
Nat Hentoff producer Boo, Booker’s Blues, Mojo, Poinciana, Speak Low, Uranus
Bobby Few piano Largo, Mour, Sweet Pea, The Muse, The in Between, Tyra
Jimmy Owens (jazz trumpeter) brass Aluminum Baby, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Not Quite That, Ode to Charlie Parker, You Don't Know What Love Is
Richard Alderson (Producer and engineer) recording Aluminum Baby, Bei mir bist Du schön, Bächafillen, Not Quite That, Ode to Charlie Parker, You Don't Know What Love Is
Reggie Workman bass, bass guitar Dexter's Deck, Groovin' at the Jamboree, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, The Trance
Gildo Mahones piano Eerie Dearie, Groovin' High, No Booze Blooze, One for Mort, True Blue
Carmell Jones trumpet Eerie Dearie, Groovin' High, No Booze Blooze, One for Mort, True Blue
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) drums 204, Den Tex, Gichi, In a Capricornian Way, Lynn's Tune
Tommy Turrentine trumpet Git It, Largo, Little Jane, Poor Butterfly, The Book Cooks
Woody Shaw trumpet 204, Den Tex, Gichi, In a Capricornian Way, Lynn's Tune
Willi Schmidt recording Dexter's Deck, Groovin' at the Jamboree, Setting the Pace, Speak Low, The Trance
Britt Woodman trombone East Dallas Special, Kansas City, Salt Lake City
Eddie Howell trumpet The Trolley Song, When You're Smilin'
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) bass Blues for You, Blues for You (Cont.)
Nat Phipps piano The Trolley Song, When You're Smilin'
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) tenor saxophone Poor Butterfly, The Book Cooks
Kenny Drew piano Blues for You, Blues for You (Cont.)
Barbara Long vocal The Trolley Song, When You're Smilin'
Johnny Coles trumpet East Dallas Special, Kansas City
DJ Maestro mix-DJ Tyra

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus tenor saxophone "Old" Blues for Walt's Torin, Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul, Better Git It in Your Soul, Bird Calls, Boogie Stop Shuffle, Bugs (take 3), Cryin' Blues, Devil Woman, Diane, E's Flat Ah's Flat Too, E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (alternate take), Eat That Chicken, Eat That Chicken (theme) / [Symphony Sid announcement], Ecclusiastics, Fables of Faubus, Far Wells, Mill Valley, GG Train, Girl of My Dreams, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Gunslinging Bird, Hog Callin' Blues, Hora Decubitus, I Can't Get Started, II B.S., II B.S. (a.k.a. Haitian Fight Song), Invisible Lady, Jelly Roll, Lock ’em Up, MDM, Moanin’, Mood Indigo, My Jelly Roll Soul, My Jelly Roll Soul (alternate take), New Now Know How, No Private Income Blues, Nostalgia in Times Square, Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me, Open Letter to Duke, Passions of a Man, Pedal Point Blues, Peggy's Blue Skylight, Pussy Cat Dues, Put Me in That Dungeon, Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2, Self‐Portrait in Three Colors, Slop, Song With Orange, Strollin', Take The "A" Train / [Symphony Sid announcement], Tensions, Tensions (alternate take), Theme For Lester Young, Theme for Lester Young, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be, Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (alternate take), Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am, [Mingus announces Oh Lord] / Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, [Symphony Sid announcement] / Fables of Faubus, [Symphony Sid announcement] / Monk, Funk or Vice Versa / [Symphony Sid announcement], [dead air with Symphony Sid]
Horace Parlan tenor saxophone A Tune for Richard, Back From the Gig, Dexi, Fugee, Fugee (Alt. Tk.), Happy Frame of Mind, Home Is Africa, Kucheza Blues, Light Blue, Lonely One, The Book's Beat, The Other Part of Town, Up & Down
Jaki Byard tenor saxophone European Episode, Searchlight
Marimba Orquesta La Super Chiva tenor saxophone Donald Duck, Hip Cake Walk, Oleo, Rosetta, S'Bout Time, Sister Ruth, The Good Life, Under the Boardwalk, Up in Betty's Room, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Mal Waldron tenor saxophone Duquility, Fire Waltz, Status Seeking, Thirteen, Warp And Woof, Warp and Woof, We Diddit
Thulasi tenor saxophone Blues de tambour, Cycles, Scoochie, Stardust, The Confined Few, Witch Fire
Randy Weston tenor saxophone African Cookbook, Berkshire Blues, Congolese Children, Niger Mambo, Portrait of Vivian, Willie's Tune
Ted Curson tenor saxophone Cinq Quatre, Latino, Musis Sacrum, Roy's Boys, The Leopard, You Don't Know What Love Is
Roy Haynes tenor saxophone Bad News Blues, Dorian, Honeydew, Scoochie, Sketch of Melba, Under Paris Skies
Sonny Stitt tenor saxophone "C" Jam Blues, I Can't Get Started / The Masquerade Is Over, Sonny's Book, Soul People
Don Patterson tenor saxophone Love Me With All Your Heart, Sentimental Journey