Junior Cook Catalog
1961 (age 27)
The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell - Junior's Cookin' (Jazzland JLP 58)
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Dolo Coker, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.
Gold Star Studios, Long Beach, CA, April 10, 1961
Blue Farouq | |
Sweet Cakes | |
Field Day |
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Ron Matthews, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.
Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 4, 1961
Mzar | |
Turbo | |
Easy Living | |
Pleasure Bent |
** also released on Jazzland JLP 958; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1002-2.
1977 (age 43)
Junior Cook - Pressure Cooker (Catalyst CAT-7628)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
NYC, November 1, 1977
Sweet Lotus Lips | |
Not Quite That | |
Yardbird Suite | |
Moment To Moment (Part One) | |
Moment To Moment (Part Two) |
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Junior Booth, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
NYC, November 2, 1977
The Crucifier | |
The 8th Cat |
** also released on Affinity (E) AFF 53; Vee-Jay (J) 30YD-7014. on Catalyst (J) MYCJ-30058 as Moment To Moment.
1979
Junior Cook - Good Cookin' (Muse MR 5159)
Bill Hardman, trumpet, flugelhorn; Slide Hampton, trombone; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mario Rivera, baritone sax; Al Dailey, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Leroy Williams, drums; Slide Hampton, arranger.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 7, 1979
J.C. | |
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | |
Play Together Again | |
Waltz For Junior | |
I Waited For You | |
Mood |
1981
Junior Cook - Somethin's Cookin' (Muse MR 5218)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1981
Fiesta Espanol | |
Detour Ahead | |
Illusion Of Grandeur | |
Heavy Blue | |
Hindsight | |
Chi-Chi |
** also released on Muse MCD 5470.
Junior Cook - Somethin's Cookin' (Muse MCD 5470)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.: same session.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1981
Fiesta Espanol (alternate take) | |
Detour Ahead (alternate take) | |
Hindsight (alternate take) | |
Chi-Chi (alternate take) |
** originally released on Muse MR 5218 + 4 bonus tracks.
1988 (age 54)
Junior Cook Quartet - The Place To Be (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1240)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Wayne Dockery, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
November 23, 1988
Cedar's Blues | |
I Should Have Known | |
Are You Real | |
This Is The Place To Be | |
Over The Rainbow | |
The Cup Bearer |
** also released on SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31240.
Junior Cook Quartet - The Place To Be (SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31240)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Wayne Dockery, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.: same session.
November 23, 1988
She Rote | |
Gnid |
** originally released on SteepleChase (D) SCS 1240 + 2 bonus tracks.
1989
Junior Cook Quartet - On A Misty Night (SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31266)
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
June, 1989
On A Misty Night | |
Innocent One | |
Wabash | |
You Know Who | |
Make The Girl Love Me | |
My Sweet Pumpkin | |
Nothing Ever Changes | |
I'll Go My Way By Myself |
1991
Junior Cook Quintet - You Leave Me Breathless (SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31304)
Valery Ponomarev as Valery Ponomarov, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; John Webber, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums.
December, 1991
Junior's Cook | |
Envoy | |
Warm Valley | |
Sweet Lotus Lips | |
Vierd Blues | |
You Leave Me Breathless | |
Fiesta Espanol | |
Mr. P.C. |