Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American

hard bop Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...

tenor saxophone player.

Biography

Cook was born in

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. After playing with

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in 1958, Cook was a member of the

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Quintet (1958–1964); when Silver left the group in the hands of

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Cook stayed in the quintet for five more years (1964–1969). Later associations included

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(1975–1976),

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(1979–1989), and the

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big band. In addition to many appearances as a sideman, Junior Cook recorded as a leader for Jazzland (1961),

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(1977),

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, and SteepleChase. He also taught at

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for a year during the 1970s. In the early 1990s, Cook was playing with

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, and also leading his own group. He died in February 1992 in his apartment in New York City, aged 57.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* '' Junior's Cookin''' ( Jazzland, 1961) *''

* ''

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, 1977) * '' Good Cookin''' (

, 1979) * '' Somethin's Cookin''' (Muse, 1981) * '' The Place to Be'' ( Steeplechase, 1988) * '' On a Misty Night'' (Steeplechase, 1989) * ''

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'' (Steeplechase, 1991)

As sideman

With

* ''

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, 1958

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'' (Blue Note, 1956–58) * '' Finger Poppin''' (Blue Note, 1959) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1959) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1960) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1961) * ''

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'' (

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, 1962,

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* '' The Tokyo Blues'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' Silver's Serenade'' (Blue Note, 1963) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' Music to Ease Your Disease'' (Silverto, 1988) With

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* '' Luminescence!'' (

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, 1967) With

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'' (Muse, 1978) *''

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'' (Muse, 1981

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'' (Muse, 1982) *'' What's Up'' (SteepleChase, 1989) With

* ''

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, 1971) – co-led with

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* '' Keep Your Soul Together'' (

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, 1973) * '' High Energy'' ( Columbia, 1974) * ''

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'' (

'', 1974) * '' Live At Carnegie Hall 1972'' ( Stepper Music'', 2007) With

* ''

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'' ( Criss Cross, 1984) *'' Play What You Feel'' ( Mapleshade, 1990

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With

* '' The Cup Bearers'' (Riverside, 1962) * '' The Thing to Do'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' Down with It!'' (Blue Note, 1965) * '' Bring It Home to Me'' (Blue Note, 1966) * ''

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: '' Swingin''' (Blue Note, 1956 el. 1980 *

: ''Blue Lights'' (Blue Note, 1958) * Dave Bailey Sextet: ''

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'' ( Epic, 1960) *

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'' (Jazz Workshop, 1964) *

: '' Luminescence!'' (Prestige, 1967) * Cedar Walton: '' Cedar!'' (Prestige, 1967) * John Patton: '' That Certain Feeling'' (Blue Note, 1968; Mosaic Select, 2003) * Don Patterson: '' Opus De Don'' (Prestige, 1968) * Louis Smith: '' Prancin''' (SteepleChase, 1979) *

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: '' Sojourn'' ( Xanadu, 1977) *

: ''

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, 1988) * Walter Bishop Jr.: '' Hot House'' (Muse, 1979) *

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Sextet: ''A Message from Monk'' ( Candid, 1990) * Bertha Hope: ''Elmo's Fire'' (Steeplechase, 1991)

References

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