Birth name Herman Cook Name Junior Cook Instruments Saxophone | Occupation(s) Musician Also known as Junior Cook Genres Jazz, Hard bop | |
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Born July 22, 1934 ( 1934-07-22 ) Origin Pensacola, Florida, United States Associated acts Dizzy Gillespie, Blue Mitchell, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard Died February 3, 1992, New York City, New York, United States Albums Junior's Cookin', Somethin's Cookin', Play What You Feel, Two Tenor Winner, Senior Cookin' | ||
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Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.
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- Tonight show masterchef junior cook off with gordon ramsay
- Junior cook quintet sweet cakes
- Biography
- As leaderco leader
- As sideman
- References
Junior cook quintet sweet cakes
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 (1958–1964); when he and Blue Mitchell left that band, Cook played in Mitchell's quintet (1964–1969). Later associations included Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, George Coleman, Louis Hayes (1975–1976), Bill Hardman (1979–1989), 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.
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.
As leader/co-leader
As sideman
With Horace Silver
With Barry Harris
With Bill Hardman
With Freddie Hubbard
With Clifford Jordan
With Blue Mitchell
With others