(1963-64) Booker Ervin; Pony Poindexter; Larry Young GUMBO! [Dtritus]

A highly blues flavored album from 1963 reissued in 1999 with extra tracks.

"The 3 unifying factors here are the soprano and alto saxophonist (and some-
time vocalist) Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (1926-1988), the wailing Texas tenor
saxist Booker Ervin (1930-1970), and copious, previously unreleased 1963
material featuring both. Ervin is a sideman on Poindexter's GUMBO!, a tuneful
blues suite devoted to and evocative of the sounds, sights, aromas, tastes,
people and spirits of the latter's hometown of New Orleans. This 1963 LP,
long unavailable domestically and coveted by collectors, also spotlights Al
Grey, longtime star trombonist of the Count Basie Orchestra. The underrated
Poindexter is heard additionally as a vocalist on 4 previously unissued tracks
from a 1963 quartet session that produced the album PONY POINDEXTER PLAYS THE BIG ONES, while Ervin reappears on 5 cuts taken from a never-before-released quartet date led by the forward-looking organist Larry Young (1940-1978) that will surely enhance the discographies of both of these important modernists."

......uncredited comments from jewel case back



Pony Poindexter...............................................alto, soprano
Booker Ervin......................................................tenor
Al Grey..............................................................trombone
Gildo Mahones..................................................piano
Larry Young.......................................................organ
George Tucker..................................................bass
Jimmie Smith.....................................................drums
Jerry Thomas...................................................drums