Junior Cook

Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.

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

 * Junior's Cookin' (Jazzland, 1960)
 * The Place To Be (Steeplechase; 1988)
 * On A Misty Night (Steeplechase, 1989)
 * You Leave Me Breathless (Steeplechase,1991)

As sideman
With Horace Silver With Barry Harris With Freddie Hubbard With Blue Mitchell With others
 * Live At Newport '58 (1958)
 * 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58)
 * Finger Poppin' (1956–58)
 * Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
 * Horace-Scope (1960)
 * Doin' the Thing (1961)
 * The Tokyo Blues (1962)
 * Silver's Serenade (1963)
 * Song For My Father (1964)
 * Music to Ease Your Disease (1988)
 * Luminescence! (Prestige, 1967)
 * Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971)
 * Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
 * High Energy (1974)
 * Polar AC (1974)
 * 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)
 * Boss Horn (Blue Note, 1966)
 * Kenny Burrell: Blue Lights (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Dave Bailey Sextet: One Foot In The Gutter (Epic, 1960)
 * Barry Harris: Luminiscence (OJC, 1967)
 * Cedar Walton: Cedar! (OJC, 1967)
 * John Patton: That Certain Feeling (Blue Note, 1968)
 * Don Patterson: Opus De Don (Prestige, 1968)
 * Clifford Jordan: Two Tenor Winner (Criss Cross, 1984)
 * McCoy Tyner: Uptown/Downtown (Milestone, 1988)
 * THE PLACE TO BE Musiciens : Junior Cook (ts), Mickey Tucker (p), Wayne Dockery (b), Leroy Williams (dr) (23-11-1988)
 * Bill Hardman: What’s Up? (Steeplechase, 1989)
 * Larry Gales Sextet: A Message from Monk (Candid, 1990)
 * Bertha Hope: Elmo’s Fire (Steeplechase, 1991)