Junior Cook Quintet
An expert hard bop tenor who tended to be overshadowed by more innovative contemporaries, Junior Cook was always a solid improviser. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook gained some fame for his longtime membership in the Horace Silver Quintet (1958-1964); when he and Blue Mitchell left the popular band, Cook played in Mitchell's quintet (1964-1969). Later associations included Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, George Coleman, Louis Hayes (1975-1976), Bill Hardman (1979-1981), and the McCoy Tyner big band. In addition to many appearances as a sideman, Junior Cook recorded as a leader for Jazzland (1961), Catalyst (1977), Muse, and SteepleChase.
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Discography
3 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1976 (Live)
Louis Hayes, Junior Cook Quintet
Jazz - Released by Jazzline on 1 Mar 1976
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Junior's Cookin' (Reissue)
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 10 Apr 1961
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Flapping Wings
Junior Cook Quintet, Blue Mitchell
Jazz - Released by Wings in Hell on 1 Jan 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo