De stukken op deze cd zijn akomstig van het album "Cookin' van het Booker Ervin Quartet uit 1960. Booker Telleferro Ervin II (Denison, 31 oktober 1930 - New York, 31 augustus 1970) was een Amerikaanse jazz-tenorsaxofonist, componist en orkestleider. Als saxofonist was hij autodidact. Ervin en Mingus zijn op deze cd niet samen te horen, hoewel Booker Ervin Van 1958 tot en met 1962 in de band van Charles Mingus speelde.
"In some ways tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin was the archetypal jazz player for the post-bop 1960s, combining the tradition of Texas sax with just the hint of edgy modernism, a sort of the Delta-meets-Morocco sound so accessible that it is easy to miss the chances Ervin took with his music. Although his career was short (cancer claimed him in the summer of 1970 when he was just shy of his 40th birthday), Ervin still managed to record some 20 albums as a frontman, including this fine session, which finds him working with a rhythm section of Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums. Recorded on December 3, 1963, The Freedom Book is a near perfect set of modern hard bop, ranging just far enough out there to feel fresh but retaining a strong lifeline to bop tradition. A bonus track, an interesting and brief treatment of Victor Young's "Stella by Starlight," is included on the 2007 edition, further capping off a wonderful album." (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)
"During 1960, bassist Charles Mingus led one of his finest bands, a pianoless quartet with Eric Dolphy (on alto, flute, and bass clarinet), trumpeter Ted Curson, and drummer Dannie Richmond. For this live concert, the band is augmented by the great tenor Booker Ervin for some stirring music. All of the music is memorable: "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting," "Prayer for Passive Resistance," "What Love," "Folk Forms No. 1," and "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul." The immortal pianist Bud Powell sits in on a fine version of "I'll Remember April" and Dolphy and Ervin in particular generate a great deal of heat during some of their solos." (Scott Yanow, Allmusic)
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