The three unifying factors here are the soprano and alto saxophonist (and sometime vocalist) Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (1926-1988), the wailing Texas tenor saxist Booker Ervin (1930-1970), and copious, previously unreleased 1963 material featuring both. Ervin is a sideman on Poindexter's Gumbo, a tuneful blues suite devoted to and evocative of the sounds, sights, aromas, tastes, people, and spirits of the latter's hometown of New Orleans. This 1963 LP, long unavailable dome… MORE