The Space Book

The Space Book
The Space Book
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	October 1965
Recorded	October 2, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Post-bop, free jazz
Length	35:36
Label	Prestige; PRLP 7386
Producer	Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology

ReleasedOctober 1965^[1]

RecordedOctober 2, 1964

StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

GenrePost-bop, free jazz

The Space Book is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Prestige label,^[2] with his quartet including Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums.

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

v t e Booker Ervin
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
As leader	The Book Cooks (1960) Cookin' (1960) That's It! (1961) Exultation! (1963) Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963) The Freedom Book (1963) The Song Book (1964) The Blues Book (1964) The Space Book (1964) Groovin' High (1963–64) The Trance (1965) Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965) Heavy!!! (1966) Structurally Sound (1966) Booker 'n' Brass (1967) The In Between (1968) Tex Book Tenor (1968) Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) Mingus Ah Um (1959) Mingus Dynasty (1959) Blues & Roots (1959) Mingus (1960) Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976]) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) Oh Yeah (1961) Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964]) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
With others	Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962) Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964) Urge (Ted Curson, 1965) Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961) Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson) Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964) Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964) Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971]) Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964) The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961) Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963) Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964) Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])

v t e Jaki Byard
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except in most cases where this was long delayed
As leader or co-leader	Here's Jaki (1961) Hi-Fly (1962) Out Front! (1964) Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965) The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003]) Freedom Together! (1966) On the Spot! (1967) Sunshine of My Soul (1967) Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968) The Jaki Byard Experience (1968) Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971) Duet! (1972) Family Man (1978) Improvisations (1981) The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013]) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984) Phantasies (1984) Phantasies II (1988) Foolin' Myself (1988) The Changes of Life (1996) This Happening (1997) Night Leaves (1997) July in Paris (1998)
Solo piano	Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988]) Solo Piano (1969) Parisian Solos (1971) The Entertainer (1972) There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972) Flight of the Fly (1976) Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007]) A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011]) The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014]) To Them – To Us (1982) Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)
With Charles Mingus	The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963) Town Hall Concert (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) Astral Weeks (1964) Cornell 1964 (1964) Revenge! (1964) Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
With others	Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965) Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973) Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061) Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961) How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960) New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961) The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963) The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964) Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64) The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965) Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965) Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966) Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960) Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960) Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61) Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61) "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961) Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961) Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978) Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989) Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990) American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991) Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962) Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971) Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964) Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984) Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965) Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966) Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966) Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998) Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950) Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951) Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962) Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988) Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969) Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957) "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965) Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964) Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985) Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978) Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981) Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)

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