BOOKER LITTLE & BOOKER ERVIN: SOUNDS OF INNER CITY [ESP EN GIRONA

BOOKER LITTLE & BOOKER ERVIN: SOUNDS OF INNER CITY [ESP 1985] LP BOOKER LITTLE & BOOKER ERVIN: SOUNDS OF INNER CITY [ESP 1985] LP Booker Little & Booker Ervin   "Sounds Of Inner City"  LP (Doblon)  1985  made in Spain cat. num.  50.1892 #jazz   A1 Souchie 5:20 A2 Cycles 4:44 A3 Stardust 3:41 B1 The Confined Few 6:52 B2 Blues De'Tambour 3:38 B3 Witch Fire 4:34   Two masters of hard bop, trumpeter  Booker Little  and tenor saxophonist  Booker Ervin, square off on this 1960 session reissued by Collectables as  Sounds of the Inner City. This date has been released under various titles over the years since its original inception as  Teddy Charles' New Directions Quartet Featuring Booker Little and Booker Ervin. Most of the material is straight-ahead bop under the leadership of vibraphonist  Teddy Charles  with  Mal Waldron  on piano,  Addison Farmer  on bass, and Ed Shaunesssy on drums. This is a noteworthy reissue considering that there are so few instances of  Little 's lyrical trumpet style and  Ervin 's passionate tenor recorded together. Original compositions include  Ervin 's "Scoochie,"  Little 's "The Confined Few" and "Witch Fire," Shaunessy's "Blues de Tambour," pianist  Ahmad Jamal 's "Cycles," plus the standard "Stardust" (receiving an especially melancholy treatment.) The only complaint is the lack of liner notes, which excludes information on personnel and session history.