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Since I agree with the review below as to the quality of the music I thought I would add just a few remarks on Booker's history for those of you that might not be familiar with him. He was born in Denison, Texas in 1930. He started playing tenor in the Army and afterwards gigged in Boston. He eventually headed to New York and met Horace Parlan who introduced him to Charles Mingus. Booker was one of a great line of Mingus' tenors, other being the likes of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Clifford Jordan. Booker played on some of Mingus's greatest works including Mingus Ah Um which includes his definitive solo on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (IMHO-one of the great jazz solos). After leaving Mingus's employ, Booker also starred on some great Randy Weston albums. Perhaps more importantly, he put out a series of LPs for Prestige usually using his fellow Mingus alumni Jaki Byard. These are available on Amazon: The Space Book, The Freedom Book (one of the great documents of mid-60s jazz), The Blues Book and The Song Book (Tommy Flanagan replaces Byard on this one). Tex Book Tenor was recorded in June of 1968. It is part of a series that Byard later did for (eventually) Blue Note and includes Structurally Sound and The In Between. Booker Ervin passed away in 1970. I think stef would agree with me in that I don't think there is a single mediocre LP in the entirety of those mentioned above. He is right about this CD. Everybody is in very fine form playing with great passion, intelligence and sophistication. This CD is a good intro to Ervin if you are unfamiliar with his work. Mingus Ah Um is another and if you don't know that CD then start with that. If your taste is a little adventurous try The Freedom Book. All of these works will take you back to the Time Before MTV or, as I like to call it, before The Revenge of the Song and Dance Men. This was a period when music was a craft not a means to fame and fortune. These men knew that it would take time, that an apprenticeship would make them better, that learning to compose would help to develope their individual voices and that they were furthering a tradition. All that work shines through on this CD. Stef is right. This is a good one. Pick it up and listen to the learning of the great Booker Ervin. p.s. One of the delights of the packaging is a photo that shows why Billy Higgins was called Smiling Billy. What a great drummer he was! _________________________________________________ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TETFOY#

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我把音响的声音开大，还要注意隔壁有没有人。 然后按下Play 接受三个绅士用音乐把我爆头。 吉他吉他吉他！ 区区三把木吉他 气势远远超过了编制 起初你以为是借助了魔鬼的力量 却绚丽犹如天堂 40分钟的奇妙之旅。 最后下巴掉到地上的你还想问 WTF...

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我不知道，R&B是怎样进入我的生活的。我也不知道，Soul是怎样在生病的寂静夜晚触摸到我的灵魂 Youtube上偶然看到Marvin的What's going on的MV 当时正值大学生涯的低谷，音乐出现转折，台下的观众黯然 悲从中来…… 我们的国家就像一部巨大的拆迁机器 有多少哭泣的母亲 经济繁荣的背面是多少无助的哀嚎 为什么被毒奶粉 为什么被上小学 为什么被高考 为什么被思想政治 为什么被地沟油 为什么被喝茶 为什么被翻墙 为什么有那么多为什么 What's going on? 当我看着这个国家 它让我充满了沮丧 我记得肖申克的救赎里 他说我们这是被体制化了 有人说改变我们自己就是改变社会 Marvin Gaye之所以不凡 是因为他站在这样的角度 和世界上最大部分的人群发生共鸣 同理这是为什么在当下 人们会准时点击韩少爷的博客 我们中国人是可悲的 我们不相信爱 不敬畏神灵 以经济建设为中心 马文的答案是爱 爱可以治疗无神论吗 爱可以治疗头痛和傻逼吗 今天是个好日子 倒退100年的12分钟 或许以前的马文只是个帅小伙子 歌唱得好听有女人缘 但是在What's going on之后 他的音乐就跨越了国界和时间 伟大的艺术是和它的受众产生伟大的共鸣 那么在当今的天朝 你怎么能听不懂马文唱的什么呢？

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噪音 噪音 在这张唱片里你能听到的只有噪音 之所以超越，就是因为噪音被这行人表现得如此悦耳 癫狂的火车 无论在哪个角度，使用什么乐器，用一万倍的自由心情发声 那天我在街上走路听着John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again! 突然街边一辆车的警报响个不停，顿时让这的音乐多了一个层次，未曾听过的奇妙声音，那是一种拿着寻宝图突然发现眼前的宝藏的感觉。于是愣愣地站在那里聆听…… 想到一个很久前百家讲坛上讲如何欣赏爵士乐的节目 或许不是切分音 或许是自由本身，爵士海洋里万变不离其宗的魂魄，拓宽了爵士乐的广度和深度 而在OM身上，我看到的是自由的回归，最初最原始的表达 这是我认为的自由以及爵士以及自由爵士的意义

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