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Lament For Booker Ervin

Recorded	Oct 29, 1965
Label	Inner City Records
Released	1965
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 432940

The record

Recorded overseas with a rhythm section split between Kenny Drew and Horace Parlan, the date catches Ervin's tenor abroad, backed by a young NHOP already fluent on bass. Tough and blues-soaked, it holds its own against his Blue Note work.

Session personnel

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
Alan Dawson — drums
Kenny Drew — piano
Booker Ervin — tenor saxophone
Horace Parlan — piano

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 16 pressings on file.

1975	Enja Records · enja2054 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1975	Enja Records · enja2054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1975	Enja Records · enja2054 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Victor · SMJ-6116M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1977	Inner City Records
1977	Enja Records · enja 2054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1977	Enja Records · SFX-10708 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1977	Inner City Records · IC 3006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1985	Enja Records · 15MJ 9058 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1993	Enja Records · CD 2054-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1999	Enja Records · TKCB-71695 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2006	Columbia Music Entertainment · COCB-53602 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2016	Enja Records · ENJ-9220 — CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
2020	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL 46446 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered