''Cookin'' is an album by

Paul Gonsalves Paul Gonsalves ( – ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue ...

, released in 1957 by Argo Records. The album was re-released on CD in 2008 with bonus tracks from

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

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Out on a Limb with Clark Terry ''Out on a Limb with Clark Terry'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in 1957 and released on the Argo Records, Argo label. The album was released on CD combined with Paul Gonsalves' ''Cookin' (Paul Gonsa ...

'' (Argo, 1957) and ''The Jazz School'' (EmArcy, 1956) by Fresh Sound.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars. The authors of Penguin Guide, reviewing a GRP Clark Terry compilation (''Daybreak Express'', also containing the Clark Terry album, 4 stars), wrote that the tracks with Gonsalves "are far and away the most interesting things on the record".Cook & Morton 2008, p. 1391

Track listing

''All compositions by Paul Gonsalves, except as indicated'' # "Festival" - 6:54 # "Clark's Bars" (Clark Terry) - 3:38 # "Daddy-O's Patio" (Terry) - 2:16 # "Blues" - 5:01 # "Impeccable" - 4:20 # "Paul's Idea" - 2:48 # "Phat Bach" (Terry) - 3:18 # "Milli Terry" (Terry) - 2:34 # "Funky" (Terry) - 4:04

Personnel

- Tenor saxophone *

- Trumpet *Willie Jones - Piano * Jimmy Woode -

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* Sam Woodyard -

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References

1957 albums Paul Gonsalves albums Argo Records albums Albums produced by Leonard Chess {{1950s-jazz-album-stub