Junior Cook
Herman "Junior" Cook was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player.Biography
Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook gained some fame for his longtime membership in the Horace Silver Quintet ; when Silver left the group in the hands of Blue Mitchell Cook stayed in the quintet for five more years. Later associations included Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, George Coleman, Louis Hayes, Bill Hardman, and the McCoy Tyner big band.
In addition to many appearances as a sideman, Junior Cook recorded as a leader for Jazzland, Catalyst, Muse, and SteepleChase.
He also taught at Berklee School of Music for a year during the 1970s.
In the early 1990s Cook was playing with Clifford Jordan and also leading his own group. He died in his apartment in New York City.Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Junior's Cookin
- Ichi-Ban with Louis Hayes
- Pressure Cooker
- Good Cookin
- Somethin's Cookin'
- The Place to Be
- On a Misty Night
- You Leave Me Breathless
As sideman
With Horace Silver
With Barry Harris
With Bill Hardman
- Home
- Politely
- Focus
- What's Up
With Freddie Hubbard
With Clifford Jordan
- Two Tenor Winner
- Play What You Feel
With Blue Mitchell
With others
Kenny Burrell: Blue Lights Dave Bailey Sextet: One Foot in the Gutter Roy Brooks: Beat Barry Harris: Luminescence! Cedar Walton: Cedar! John Patton: That Certain Feeling Don Patterson: Opus De Don Louis Smith: Prancin' Mickey Tucker: Sojourn McCoy Tyner: Uptown/Downtown Walter Bishop Jr.: Hot House Louis Hayes: Ichi-Ban Vibration Society Hilton Ruiz Steve Turre The Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Larry Gales Sextet: A Message from Monk Bertha Hope: Elmo's Fire
