{"product_id":"ervin-booker-the-book-cooks","title":"Ervin, Booker \"The Book Cooks\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl reissue of the classic 1961 debut album by the American jazz tenor saxophonist. Booker Ervin was one of jazz's biggest what-if's; he died young, at 39, from kidney disease, right as he was hitting another wave of sonic experiments. He was a tenor who played the blues like they emanated from deep inside him, taking inspiration from field hollers as much as bebop. He got compared to Coltrane - who made a lot of similar playing decisions - but he had a different way of playing his blues. The Book Cooks shows that Ervin arrived on the solo scene essentially fully formed; he'd change towards the end of the '60s, but this LP was a roadmap for him for the first part of his bandleader career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"---","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":44267937431727,"sku":"4050538681697","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/8833\/2463\/files\/4010167-3218619.jpg?v=1723674908","url":"https:\/\/endofanear.sbs\/products\/ervin-booker-the-book-cooks","provider":"End Of An Ear","version":"1.0","type":"link"}