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Title: One of the Best Modern Jazz Albums Ever
Review: If "The Space Book" was on Blue Note, it would be a bestseller. Booker Ervin of course did end up with a Blue Note contract in the late 1960s, but his best work was behind him at that point. That "best work" is the half-dozen or so albums he made for Prestige in the mid-60s, and particularly "The Freedom Book" and "The Space Book." Ervin's band of Jaki Byard, Richard Davis and Alan Dawson communicates almost telepathically, and it shows especially on the songs "Number Two" and "Mojo." There were some incredible albums made in 1964 -- "A Love Supreme," "Speak No Evil," "Point of Departure," "Song for my Father," etc. "The Space Book" should be included in that prestigious company.
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