Junior Cook

 ( 1934 Births ) 

After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member of the Horace Silver Quintet (1958–1964); when Silver left the group in the hands of Blue Mitchell Cook stayed in the quintet for five more years (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 Records, 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 February 1992 in his apartment in New York City, aged 57.

• Junior's Cookin' (Jazzland, 1961)
• Ichi-Ban (Timeless Records, 1976) with Louis Hayes
• Pressure Cooker (Catalyst, 1977)
• Good Cookin' (Muse Records, 1979)
• Somethin's Cookin' (Muse, 1981)
• The Place to Be (Steeplechase, 1988)
• On a Misty Night (Steeplechase, 1989)
• You Leave Me Breathless (Steeplechase, 1991)

• Live at Newport '58 (Blue Note, 1958 2008)
• 6 Pieces of Silver (Blue Note, 1956–58)
• Finger Poppin' (Blue Note, 1959)
• Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note, 1959)
• Horace-Scope (Blue Note, 1960)
• Doin' the Thing (Blue Note, 1961)
• Paris Blues (Pablo Records, 1962, 2002)
• The Tokyo Blues (Blue Note, 1962)
• Silver's Serenade (Blue Note, 1963)
• Song for My Father (Blue Note, 1964)
• Music to Ease Your Disease (Silverto, 1988)

With Barry Harris

• Luminescence! (Prestige Records, 1967)

With Bill Hardman

• Home (Muse, 1978)
• Politely (Muse, 1981 1982)
• Focus (Muse, 1982)
• What's Up (SteepleChase, 1989)

With Freddie Hubbard

• Sing Me a Song of Songmy (Atlantic Records, 1971) – co-led with İlhan Mimaroğlu
• Keep Your Soul Together (CTI Records, 1973)
• High Energy (Columbia Records, 1974)
• Polar AC (CTI Records, 1974)
• Live at Carnegie Hall 1972 (Stepper Music, 2007)

• Two Tenor Winner (Criss Cross, 1984)
• Play What You Feel (Mapleshade, 1990 1997)

• 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)
• Heads Up! (Blue Note, 1967)

With others

• Kenny Burrell: Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 rel.)
• Kenny Burrell: Blue Lights (Blue Note, 1958)
• Dave Bailey Sextet: One Foot in the Gutter (Epic Records, 1960)
• Roy Brooks: Beat (Jazz Workshop, 1964)
• Barry Harris: Luminescence! (Prestige, 1967)
• Cedar Walton: Cedar! (Prestige, 1967)
• John Patton: That Certain Feeling (Blue Note, 1968; Mosaic Records, 2003)
• Don Patterson: Opus De Don (Prestige, 1968)
• Louis Smith: Prancin' (SteepleChase, 1979)
• Mickey Tucker: Sojourn (Xanadu Records, 1977)
• McCoy Tyner: Uptown/Downtown (Milestone, 1988)
• Walter Bishop Jr.: Hot House (Muse, 1979)
• Louis Hayes: Ichi-Ban (Timeless, 1979)
• Vibration Society Hilton Ruiz Steve Turre: The Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Stash Records, 1986)
• Larry Gales Sextet: A Message from Monk (Candid Records, 1990)
• Bertha Hope: Elmo's Fire (Steeplechase, 1991)