Gumbo!

Gumbo!
Gumbo!
Studio album by Pony Poindexter with Booker Ervin
Released	1963
Recorded	June 27, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:29 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Prestige; PR 16001
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Pony Poindexter chronology
Booker Ervin chronology

Gumbo! is an album by saxophonists Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin which was released on the Prestige label in 1963.^[1]^[2] The 1999 CD reissue added eight unreleased selections from earlier sessions, three led by Poindexter and five by Ervin.^[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Al Campbell of Allmusic stated: "Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin joined alto and soprano saxophonist Pony Poindexter in 1963 on Gumbo, based around the sights and sounds of Poindexter's birthplace, the Crescent City. Poindexter penned the majority of these compositions, providing them with evocative titles of the city".^[3] Reviewing the CD reissue with bonus tracks for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor observed: "Though this disc does consist of a rather bizarre match of sessions the music is uniformly entertaining and should be investigated, particularly by listeners who harbor an appreciation for Ervin".^[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Pony Poindexter except where noted.

"Front O' Town" - 5:08
"Happy Strut" - 2:57
"Creole Girl" - 4:07
"4-11-44" - 2:59
"Back O' Town" - 4:12
"Muddy Dust" - 4:32
"French Market" - 4:48
"Gumbo Filet" - 3:19
"Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody) - 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Wade in the Water" (Traditional) - 3:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Absotively Posalutely" (Larry Young) - 6:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
"You Don't Know What Love Is" [alternate take] (de Paul, Raye) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 4:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 8:21 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 31, 1963 (tracks 9-11), February 28, 1963 (tracks 12-16) and June 27, 1963 (tracks 1-8)

Personnel[]

Pony Poindexter - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1-11)
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-8 & 12-16)
Al Grey - trombone (tracks 5-8)
Gildo Mahones - piano (tracks 1-11)
Larry Young - organ (tracks 12-16)
George Tucker - bass (tracks 1-11)
Jimmie Smith (tracks 1-11), Jerry Thomas (tracks 12-16) - drums

References[]

^ Fitzgerald, M., Pony Poindexter Leader Entry accessed July 2, 2015
^ Prestige Records Catalog accessed July 2, 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Campbell, Al. Gumbo! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, accessed July 2, 2015

[1] Fitzgerald, M., Pony Poindexter Leader Entry accessed July 2, 2015

[2] Prestige Records Catalog accessed July 2, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Campbell, Al. Gumbo! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Taylor, D., All About Jazz Review, accessed July 2, 2015

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show v t 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])

show v t Larry Young
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Testifying (1960) Young Blues (1960) Groove Street (1962) Into Somethin' (1964) Unity (1965) Of Love and Peace (1966) Contrasts (1967) Heaven on Earth (1968) Mother Ship (1969) Lawrence of Newark (1973) Spaceball (1976)
With Grant Green	Street of Dreams (1964) Talkin' About! (1964) His Majesty King Funk (1965) I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)
With others	Double Exposure (Joe Chambers, 1978) Bitches Brew (Miles Davis, 1969) Big Fun (1969) Forrest Fire (Jimmy Forrest, 1960) Love Shout (Etta Jones, 1963) I'm Shooting High (Gildo Mahones, 1963) The Great Gildo (Gildo Mahones, 1963) Devotion (John McLaughlin, 1970) Love Devotion Surrender (Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, 1973) Gumbo! (Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin, 1963) In the Beginning (Woody Shaw, 1965) Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967) Emergency! (The Tony Williams Lifetime, 1969)