Ode to Booker Ervin
| 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 | |||
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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. 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.