Heavy!!!

Heavy!!! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Heavy!!!
Studio album by The Booker Ervin Sextet
Released	1967
Recorded	September 9, 1966 Impact Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:17 CD reissue
Label	Prestige PRLP 7499
Producer	Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
Setting the Pace (1965) Heavy!!! (1967) Structurally Sound (1966)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The set matches Ervin with a remarkable rhythm section... The music is quite moody, soulful, and explorative yet not forbidding".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "Bächafillen" (Garnett Brown) - 8:15
2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 8:43
3. "Aluminum Baby" (Jaki Byard) - 5:00
4. "Not Quite That" (Brown) - 7:54
5. "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" (Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) - 12:28
6. "Ode to Charlie Parker" (Byard) - 3:57 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Owens - trumpet (3,4,5,6), flugelhorn (1)
• Garnett Brown - trombone (1,3,4,5,6)
• Jaki Byard - piano
• Richard Davis - bass
• Alan Dawson - drums