Tracklist

A1	The Blue Book	8:33
A2	Git It	6:54
A3	Little Jane	6:26
B1	The Book Cooks	10:44
B2	Largo	6:13
B3	Poor Butterfly	3:46

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Bass – George Tucker
• Drums – Dannie Richmond
• Liner Notes – Ira Gitler, 青木和富*
• Photography By – Stephen Haas
• Piano – Tommy Flanagan
• Producer – Teddy Charles
• Recorded By – Peter Ind
• Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin, Zoot Sims (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3)
• Trumpet – Tommy Turrentine (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3)

Notes

recorded NYC, April 6, 1960

Japanese reissue with burgundy Bethlehem labels made by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. ℗1992
comes with japanese insert sheet

on labels:
COJY-9028
(YP-7118)
℗1992.12
Bethlehem Records a Division of International Jazz Emporium Inc.
Made in Japan by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 stamped): COJY-9028A-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 stamped): COJY-9028B-1
• Barcode: 4 988001 157717
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BCP 6048	Booker Ervin	The Book Cooks ‎(LP, Mono)	Bethlehem Records	BCP 6048	US	1961
VICJ-61478	Booker Ervin	The Book Cooks ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Bethlehem Records	VICJ-61478	Japan	2007
BCP 6048	Booker Ervin	The Book Cooks ‎(LP, Mono, RE, RM)	Bethlehem Records	BCP 6048	US	2013
BCP-6025	Booker Ervin	The Book Cooks ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bethlehem Records	BCP-6025	US	1977
MP 2400	Booker Ervin	The Book Cooks ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Polydor	MP 2400	Japan	1974

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