Exultation!

Exultation!
Studio album by
Booker Ervin
ReleasedOctober 1963
RecordedJune 19, 1963
StudiosVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length36:51 1963 LP
41:58 1970 LP/CD reissue
LabelsPrestige
PRLP 7293 (1963)
PRLP 7844 (1970)
ProducerDon Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
That's It!
(1961)		 Exultation!
(1963)		 Gumbo!
(1963)
Alternative cover
1970 LP reissue (PRLP 7844)

Exultation! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Prestige label. It was first released in 1963, then reissued in 1971 with two alternate takes labeled "short version" (the a- and b-sides of a 1963 single, "No Land's Man" backed with "Just in Time").

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Ervin and Strozier made a mutually inspiring team; pity that this was their only recording together".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
  1. "Mooche Mooche" – 7:18
  2. "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 6:19
  3. "Mour" (Perkins) – 4:08
  4. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:29
  5. "Just in Time" [Long Take] (Styne, Comden, Green) – 4:55
  6. "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 2:38
  7. "No Land's Man" [Long Take] (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 5:39
  8. "Tune In" – 8:32

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard November 9, 1963
  2. ↑ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.