Booker Ervin with Nuria Feliu

[bertrand]

Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Erich Peter, Booker Ervin & Billie Brooks by Núria Feliu on Amazon Music - Amazon.com

Trying to fill in my last gaps in the Ervin discography. I saw this one can be downloaded on Amazon for $8.99.

It seems Booker gets a fair amount of solo space from the sound clips. Is he on all tracks?

 

[EKE BBB]

Bertrand, this is the complete discographical information for the November 11-12, 1965 sessions (not updated in my Tete Montoliu Discography page at www.jazzdiscography.com)

As you can see, Booker did not play in the first session, therefore he is not present on "Willow Weep For Me", "Lover Man" and "Misty" from the PICAP cd reissue you're planning to acquire.

 

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Date: November 11, 1965
Location: Orfeó Gracienc, Barcelona, Spain
Label: Edigsa

Núria Feliu (ldr, v), Tete Montoliu (p), Eric Peter (b), Billy Brooks (d)

a.	b-03	Willow Weep For Me - 3:19(Ann Ronell)
b.	a-05	Lover Man - 4:55(Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
c.	b-01	Misty - 4:49(Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) Edigsa LP 12": CM 136L — Show Al Palau I   (1966) Edigsa LP 12": CM 440 — Dies I Hores De La Nova Cançó   (1978)

 

All titles on:

Edigsa LP 12": CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa Cassette: CAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    PDI CD: 80.4467 — Tete Montoliu & Núria Feliu 1965-1990   (1997) PICAP CD: 910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)

This was the first recording session for the Edigsa LP, without Booker Ervin.

Alternative takes may exist, according to Albert Mallofré's liner notes.

Catalan titles are:
a. Sóc Com Un Desmai
b. De Dalt Estant
c. Tot És Gris

Engineer: Francesc Batlle

Sometimes incorrectly dated as from 1966.

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Date: November 12, 1965
Location: Orfeó Gracienc, Barcelona, Spain
Label: Edigsa

Booker Ervin (ldr, ts), Núria Feliu (ldr, v), Tete Montoliu (p), Eric Peter (b), Billy Brooks (d)

a.	a-01	Lullaby Of Birdland - 2:16(George Shearing) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    PDI CD80.4467 — Tete Montoliu & Núria Feliu 1965-1990   (1997) PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
b.		Bye Bye Blackbird(Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
c.	a-03	Bye Bye Blackbird - 3:41(Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    PDI CD80.4467 — Tete Montoliu & Núria Feliu 1965-1990   (1997) PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
d.	b-05	Fine And Dandy - 2:12(Paul James, Kay Swift) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    PDI CD80.4467 — Tete Montoliu & Núria Feliu 1965-1990   (1997) PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
e.		Just Friends(John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
f.	b-02	Just Friends - 4:49(John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    Edigsa CD80.2989 — Jazz A Catalunya    PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
g.	b-04	Booker's Blues - 3:09(Booker Ervin) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    Edigsa CD80.2989 — Jazz A Catalunya    PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
h.	a-02	Yesterdays - 5:25(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    Edigsa CD80.2989 — Jazz A Catalunya    PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)
i.	a-04	Scoochee Coochee - 2:00(Booker Ervin) Edigsa LP 12"CM 119 — Núria Feliu With Booker Ervin   (1965) Edigsa CassetteCAS S119 — Nuria Feliu Amb Tete Montoliu    Edigsa CD80.2989 — Jazz A Catalunya    PICAP CD910841-01 — Billie Brooks, Booker Ervin, Núria Feliu, Tete Montoliu, Eric Peter   (2009)

Tete Montoliu (p) on a-f, h-i; Núria Feliu (v) on a-d.

For the second recording session for Edigsa, Booker Ervin came from Madrid, where he was playing at the Whisky Jazz. The group played three additional tracks with Núria Feliu and four instrumentals, one of them, Booker's Blues, without piano.

Catalan titles are:
a. El país del ocells
b.c. Vés I perde't
d. Soc l'estrella

k. listed as El Blues D'En Booker on issues.

Engineer: Francesc Batlle

Sometimes incorrectly dated as from 1966.

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[bertrand]

Thanks! This makes it clearer how this came about.

So Booker and Nuria only meet on three tracks. Does Booker solo on those?

[EKE BBB]

14 hours ago, bertrand said:

Thanks! This makes it clearer how this came about.

So Booker and Nuria only meet on three tracks. Does Booker solo on those?

Yes, he does. In fact that is what he solely does, if I remember correctly. No melody, no obbligato behind the vocals... Will check again today.

[bertrand]

I bought it, and you are correct. Clearly he was a last minute addition. He sounds great, definitely worth it for Booker fans.

I am pretty sure Booker's Blues is not the same piece he recorded for Candid.

[EKE BBB]

5 hours ago, bertrand said:

I bought it, and you are correct. Clearly he was a last minute addition. He sounds great, definitely worth it for Booker fans.

 

Good deduction. Booker was playing at the Whisky Jazz in Madrid and its owner Jean-Pierre Bourbon kindly let him go for one day to this recording session at critic and producer Albert Mallofré’s request. The saxophonist arrived directly to the recording session. He had never met nor even heard about Núria Feliu, and found the initial two-tune selection with the vocalist (Lullaby of Birdland and Bye Bye Blackbird) without prior notice. 

For the four instrumentals, Tete and Booker decided on the spot. The latter chose Just Friends, then Tete suggested a blues and a ballad (Yesterdays). As for the ice cream topping, Booker selected one his evergreens, Scoochee Coochee.

Edited January 21, 2021 by EKE BBB

[bertrand]

Also known as Scoochie and Skoo Chee!

The owner of Whisky Jazz is named Bourbon???

[EKE BBB]

16 hours ago, bertrand said:

I am pretty sure Booker's Blues is not the same piece he recorded for Candid.

Definitely, this pianoless trio track is a different blues from the piece recorded for Candid. 

According to Mallofré's liner notes, Ervin registered the song as 'El Blues D'En Booker' (in Catalan), but I have searched in ASCAP and BMI and have not been able to find it as such.

However, check "Groovin' At The Jamboree" from the Prestige disc 'The Trance':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxWv1UwfRs

Jamboree was (and 'is') a jazz club in Barcelona, where Booker played whenever he stayed in the city. For example, a few months earlier, in March 1965 (clipping from La Vanguardia, March 6, 1965):

Edited January 22, 2021 by EKE BBB