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The Book Cooks

Booker Ervin

Recorded	Apr 6, 1960
Label	Bethlehem Records
Released	1960
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 373248

The record

Bethlehem pairs two contrasting tenors here, Ervin's Texas holler against Zoot Sims' cooler swing, with Tommy Flanagan's comping and the Tucker-Richmond rhythm team keeping the hard-bop bite steady.

Session personnel

George Tucker — bass
Dannie Richmond — drums
Tommy Flanagan — piano
Booker Ervin — tenor saxophone
Zoot Sims — tenor saxophone
Tommy Turrentine — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 36 pressings on file.

1961	Bethlehem Records · BCP 6048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1961	Parlophone · PMC 1170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1974	Polydor · MP 2400 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1974	Polydor · MP 2400 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1976	Bethlehem Records · 22AP 122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1977	Bethlehem Records · BCP-6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1982	Affinity · AFF88 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1984	Bethlehem Records · YP-7118-BE — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1988	Roots Record Company · Roth 116 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1989	Bethlehem Records · BCP 6048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1989	Bethlehem Records · 25CY-3072 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1992	Bethlehem Records · COJY-9028 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
1993	Bethlehem Records · COCY-75726 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1995	Bethlehem Records · COCY 78655 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper Sleeve