Listening

Booker Ervin, The Freedom Book (Original Jazz Classics) Interesting that Booker Ervin was in one of Charles Mingus' bands with Eric Dolphy. Though they sound completely different, Ervin is harmonically free, melodically voice-like, and rhythmically a thowback to Coleman Hawkins and Don Byas in much the same way Dolphy was. That's the secret to stretching the music: make sure at least some part of it ties into the tradition and extends it.