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Booker Telleferro Ervin II (Denison, Texas, October 31, 1930 – New York City, July 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player. Ervin is best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. He worked with Mingus from 1956 to 1963, appearing on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on the album Mingus Ah Um and "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" on Blues and Roots, as well as Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. After teaching himself tenor saxophone <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Booker+Ervin">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denison
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Pacific Jazz Records
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- date of birth
- 1930-10-31
- date of death
- 1970-08-31
- cause of death
- kidney disease
- birth name
- Booker Telleferro Ervin II
- manner of death
- natural causes
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