Lament For Booker Ervin

Tracklist

A	Blues For You	17:13
B1	Blues For You (Cont.)	10:18
B2	Lament For Booker	8:28

Credits

• Bass – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (tracks: A, B1)
• Design – Weber*, Winckelmann*
• Drums – Alan Dawson (tracks: A, B1)
• Mastered By – D. Mehtieff
• Photography By – Kirsten Weinoldt
• Piano – Horace Parlan (tracks: B2), Kenny Drew (tracks: A, B1)
• Producer – Horst Weber, Matthias Winckelmann
• Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin (tracks: A, B1)

Notes

Location: Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, except LAMENT
Date: October 29, 1965 (LAMENT May 27, 1975)

This record has special significance to me. As I know the many emotional things that transpired before this 1965 Berlin Festival. A major heartbreak was the death of George Tucker in New York City. He was to have recorded with Booker in Germany. There were many other emotional problems with this concert. Booker's solo clearly shows the artistry of jazz. All great musicians can interpret music but only jazz artists can improvise and put forth their true emotions musically. Thanks to Kenny Drew, Nils-Henning Pedersen, Alan Dawson and Horace Parlan a great wish of mine. The release of this recording, has been fulfilled.

Jane Ervin

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
enja2054	Booker Ervin	Lament For Booker Ervin ‎(LP, Album)	Enja Records	enja2054	US	1975
enja2054	Booker Ervin	Lament For Booker Ervin ‎(LP, Album)	Enja Records	enja2054	US	1975
TKCB-71695	Booker Ervin	Lament For Booker Ervin ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Enja Records	TKCB-71695	Japan	1999
IC 3006	Booker Ervin	Lament For Booker Ervin ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Inner City Records	IC 3006	US	1977
enja 2054-2	Booker Ervin	Lament For Booker Ervin ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Enja Records	enja 2054-2	Germany	1993