Ode to Booker Ervin | ||||
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Studio album by Ted Curson & Co. | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | September 3, 1970 | |||
Studio | Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | EMI Columbia 5E 062-34201 | |||
Ted Curson chronology | ||||
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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.