Ode to Booker Ervin

Ode to Booker Ervin
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedSeptember 3, 1970
StudioFinnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland
GenreJazz
LabelEMI Columbia 5E 062-34201
Ted Curson chronology
Flip Top
(1964-66)
Ode to Booker Ervin
(1970)
Pop Wine
(1971)

Ode to Booker Ervin is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in Helsinki and first released on the Finnish EMI Columbia label in 1970.[1][2] The album features Curson with a band composed of local Finnish jazz musicians. The album is dedicated to tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin who died at the end of August 1970, a few days before the recording session.

  1. ^ Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 26, 2015