Junior Cook
Junior Cook
Top Songs
| 1 | Moment To Moment, Pt. 2 | ||
| 2 | Moment to Moment, Pt. 1 | ||
| 3 | Yardbird Suite | ||
| 4 | Not Quite That | ||
| 5 | The 8th Cat |
Albums
Jan 2009 • 12 songs
Sep 1998 • 12 songs
Jan 1992 • 8 songs
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Staunton's Classic Country
About
Biography
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 recor...