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This first solo release from tenor sax player Junior Cook came at the midpoint of his six-year tenure with the Horace Silver Band. It's a relaxed affair, paced a couple of notches below the intensity of a typical Silver date. Still, with Cook's front-line partner in the Silver group -- trumpeter Blue Mitchell -- on board, along with Silver's rhythm section, the 1961 session has a definite affinity with the hard bop style of the more famous parent group. There are also links to the cool tones of Miles Davis' early-'50s Blue Note releases and to the transitional work of the mid-'50s Max Roach-Clifford Brown Band. If the overall approach is subdued, this generally works to the music's benefit by bringing out the finer points of Cook's and Mitchell's' playing. Both players emphasize tone, phrasing, and an ability to sail their choruses elegantly along the current of the rhythm section. The writing here is not particularly distinctive, but what it lacks in originality, the players make up for with their audible pleasure in working through the familiar changes. The result, while not essential listening, is a satisfying and honest set that provides an appealing portrait of both Cook and Mitchell, two central, although not seminal, figures in the development of hard bop.
© Jim Todd /TiVo
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Junior Cook, MainArtist - Roland Alexander, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Charles Davis, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Junior Cook, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Blue Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Junior Cook, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Blue Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Junior Cook, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Junior Cook, MainArtist - Dolo Coker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Junior Cook, MainArtist - Roland Alexander, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
This first solo release from tenor sax player Junior Cook came at the midpoint of his six-year tenure with the Horace Silver Band. It's a relaxed affair, paced a couple of notches below the intensity of a typical Silver date. Still, with Cook's front-line partner in the Silver group -- trumpeter Blue Mitchell -- on board, along with Silver's rhythm section, the 1961 session has a definite affinity with the hard bop style of the more famous parent group. There are also links to the cool tones of Miles Davis' early-'50s Blue Note releases and to the transitional work of the mid-'50s Max Roach-Clifford Brown Band. If the overall approach is subdued, this generally works to the music's benefit by bringing out the finer points of Cook's and Mitchell's' playing. Both players emphasize tone, phrasing, and an ability to sail their choruses elegantly along the current of the rhythm section. The writing here is not particularly distinctive, but what it lacks in originality, the players make up for with their audible pleasure in working through the familiar changes. The result, while not essential listening, is a satisfying and honest set that provides an appealing portrait of both Cook and Mitchell, two central, although not seminal, figures in the development of hard bop.
© Jim Todd /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:51
- Main artists: Junior Cook Quintet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Jazz Classics
- Genre: Jazz
© 1999 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1999 Fantasy, Inc.
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