While not an innovator, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook was a master of the Hard Bop style. His deeply swinging, blues-tinged improvisations made him an extremely popular soloist in the ‘50s and '60s. Though he enjoyed a solid solo career, Cook's most prominent gigs were as a sideman: he was featured on Horace Silver's early albums, including the immortal Song For My Father; in the late ‘60s, he was trumpet virtuoso Blue Mitchell's right-hand man. Cook didn't embark on a solo career until the 1980s, when he released several excellent albums in a similar, straight-ahead vein.
- Jon Pruett
While not an innovator, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook was a master of the Hard Bop style. His deeply swinging, blues-tinged improvisations made him an extremely popular soloist in the ‘50s and '60s. Though he...
 |
Junior Cook Feeds |
 |
Save to del.icio.us |
10 Available
|
|
|
Sweet Cakes (5:25) |
|
|
|
Detour Ahead (4:56) |
|
|
|
Easy Living (6:12) |
|
|
|
Blue Farouq (3:54) |
|
|
|
Pleasure Bent (6:29) |
|
|
|
Fiesta Espanol (4:58) |
|
|
|
Turbo Village (5:45) |
|
|
|
Myzar (7:15) |
|
|
|
Field Day (3:54) |
Hear Junior Cook and similar artists on this Radio Station.
|
Junior Cook |
18 Available
ElectronicsListen to any song in the catalog through home audio systems, MP3 players, mobile apps and more.Get Unlimited MusicListen to anything and everything with a Rhapsody Subscription. |
- Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC.
