That's It!

That's It! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.[1]

For other uses, see That's It.
That's It!
Studio album by
Booker Ervin
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 6, 1961
GenreJazz
Length43:16
LabelCandid
Booker Ervin chronology
Cookin'
(1960)		 That's It!
(1961)		 Exultation!
(1963)

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, commented that the album was Ervin's best work up to that time.[2] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Booker Ervin, who always had a very unique sound on the tenor, is heard in prime form on his quartet set".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
  1. "Mojo" - 7:57
  2. "Uranus" - 4:32
  3. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) - 8:04
  4. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 7:12
  5. "Booker's Blues" - 10:59
  6. "Boo" - 4:32
  • Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City on January 6, 1961.

Personnel

References
  1. Booker Ervin discography, accessed February 4, 2011.
  2. Gitler, Ira (October 12, 1961). "Booker Ervin: That's It!". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 29.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic review, accessed February 4, 2011.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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