Junior Cook

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hard bop musician human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

Junior Cook was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist best known for his long tenure with the Horace Silver Quintet and work with other leading jazz artists of the 1950s–70s.

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Junior Cook canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hard bop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEndTime 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStartTime 1950s ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bill Hardman ⓘ
Blue Mitchell ⓘ
Cedar Walton ⓘ
Elvin Jones ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard ⓘ
George Coleman ⓘ
Horace Silver ⓘ
Louis Hayes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Cook ⓘ
fieldOfWork improvisation ⓘ
music performance ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Herman ⓘ
influencedBy Charlie Parker ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
instrument tenor saxophone ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Blue Mitchell Quintet ⓘ
Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ
movement hard bop ⓘ
name Junior Cook self-link ⓘ
notableFor long tenure with the Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ
work with leading American jazz artists of the 1950s–1970s ⓘ
notableWork album "Junior's Cookin'" ⓘ
album "Pressure Cooker" ⓘ
album "Something's Cookin'" ⓘ
membership in the Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ
recordings with the Blue Mitchell Quintet in the 1960s ⓘ
recordings with the Horace Silver Quintet in the late 1950s and early 1960s ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
recordLabel Jazzland Records ⓘ
Muse Records ⓘ
SteepleChase Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
style blues-influenced hard bop ⓘ

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Horace Silver → associatedAct → Junior Cook ⓘ
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva → associatedAct → Junior Cook ⓘ
Blowin' the Blues Away → featuresMusician → Junior Cook ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → mainPerformer → Junior Cook ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues → personnel → Junior Cook ⓘ
Junior Cook → name → Junior Cook self-link ⓘ
Blue Mitchell → associatedAct → Junior Cook ⓘ
Louis Hayes → associatedAct → Junior Cook ⓘ