Vinyl LP pressing. Following sideman appearances with pianist Horace Parlan in the early 1960s, Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records as a leader in 1968 including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait nearly 40 years until 2005 for it's first standalone release. With a sleek post-bop quintet featuring trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Jan Arnet, and drummer Billy Higgins, the Texas-born saxophonist slices through a set of compelling bandmember originals including Barron's sinuous tune ""Gichi"" and Shaw's lilting waltz ""In a Capricornian Way,"" as well as Ervin's lovely ballad ""Lynn's Tune"" and the hard-swinging ""Den Tex,"" named for his hometown of Denison.
