{"product_id":"the-book-cooks","title":"The Book Cooks","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of the 1961 Classic debut album by the American Jazz tenor saxophonist. Booker Ervin was one of jazz’s biggest what-if’s; he died young, at 39, from kidney disease, right as he was hitting another wave of sonic experiments. He was a tenor who played the blues like they emanated from deep inside him, taking inspiration from field hollers as much as bebop. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe got compared to Coltrane--who made a lot of similar playing decisions--but he had a different way of playing his blues. His debut LP, \u003ci\u003eThe Book Cooks\u003c\/i\u003e, shows he arrived on the solo scene essentially fully formed; he’d change towards the end of the ‘60s, but this LP was a roadmap for him for the first part of his bandleader career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BMG","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50522596180299,"sku":"1132423","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a1d466bc-8f51-442d-ad8a-1afb47c392b7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728012541","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/the-book-cooks","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}