Booker Little

This digipack release contains all existing quartet recordings by the superb trumpeter Booker Little, including his complete album Booker Little, as well as separate tunes from other recording sessions. As a bonus, a version of Blues de Tambour on which Little is virtually the only soloist, as well as a live recording of Tune Up in a quartet format with Booker Ervin on tenor sax in place of a piano.

BOOKER LITTLE, trumpet on all tracks, plus:

[1-6] Booker Little:
Tomy Flanagan (p on 1-2, 4 & 6), Wynton Kely (p on 3 & 5), Scot La Faro (b), Roy Haynes (d).
New York, April 13 & 15, 1960.

[7-8] Eddie Baker (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Max Roach (d).
Chicago, June 1958.

[9-10] Tomy Flanagan (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)
New York, October 1958.

Bonus Tracks:
[11] Booker Ervin (ts) Tedy Charles (vib) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b), Ed Shaughnesy (d).
New York, August 25, 1960.
[12] Booker Ervin (ts), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d).
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1958.

Tracks:
01. Opening Statement
02. Minor Sweet
03. Bee Tee's Minor Plea
04. Life's A Little Blue
05. The Grand Valse
06. Who Can I Turn To
07. My Old Flame Take 1 (Stereo)
08. My Old Flame Take 2 (Mono)
09. Sweet And Lovely
10. Moonlight Becomes You
11. Blues De Tambour
12 Tune Up

Total Time: 61:18