Following sideman appearances with pianist Horace Parlan in the early 1960s,Booker Ervincut two stellar Blue Note records as a leader in 1968 includingTex Book Tenorwhich had to wait nearly 40 years until 2005 for its first standalone release. With a sleek post-bop quintet featuring trumpeterWoody Shaw, pianistKenny Barron, bassistJan Arnet, and drummerBilly Higgins, the Texas-born saxophonist slices through a set of compelling bandmember originals including Barrons sinuous tune Gichi and Shaws lilting waltz In a Capricornian Way, as well as Ervins lovely ballad Lynns Tune and the hard-swinging Den Tex, named for his hometown of Denison.

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Tracklist:
1. Gichi
2. Den Tex
3. In A Capricornian Way
4. Lynn’s Tune
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