The Blues Book

The Blues Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label. The front cover photograph was taken by Don Schlitten of Booker outside of 16 Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village, New York City.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The consistently passionate Ervin makes each of the fairly basic originals sound fresh and the performances are frequently exciting inside/outside music".

Track listing
All compositions by Booker Ervin.


 * 1) "Eerie Dearie" – 14:30
 * 2) "One for Mort" – 6:24
 * 3) "No Booze Blooze" – 15:26
 * 4) "True Blue" – 5:07

Personnel

 * Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
 * Carmell Jones – trumpet
 * Gildo Mahones – piano
 * Richard Davis – bass
 * Alan Dawson – drums