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Exultation!
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	October 1963
Recorded	June 19, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:51 1963 LP 41:58 1970 LP/CD reissue
Label	Prestige PRLP 7293 (1963) PRLP 7844 (1970)
Producer	Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
That's It! (1961) Exultation! (1963) Gumbo! (1963)
Alternative cover
1970 LP reissue (PRLP 7844)

Exultation! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Prestige label. It was first released in 1963, then reissued in 1971 with two alternate takes labeled "short version" (the a- and b-sides of a 1963 single, "No Land's Man" backed with "Just in Time").

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Ervin and Strozier made a mutually inspiring team; pity that this was their only recording together".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated

1. "Mooche Mooche" – 7:18
2. "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 6:19
3. "Mour" (Perkins) – 4:08
4. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:29
5. "Just in Time" (Styne, Comden, Green) – 4:55
6. "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 2:38
7. "No Land's Man" (Booker Ervin, Walter Perkins) – 5:39
8. "Tune In" – 8:32

Personnel

• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Frank Strozier – alto saxophone
• Horace Parlan – piano
• Butch Warren – bass
• Walter Perkins – drums

References

1. Billboard November 9, 1963
2. Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011
3. ^ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• Prestige Records albums
• Booker Ervin albums
• 1963 albums
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
• Albums produced by Don Schlitten