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Junior Cook
Good Cookin’
Muse Records MR 5159

Produced by Fred Seibert

SIDE A
1. JC

2. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

3. Play Together Again

SIDE B
1. Waltz for Junior

2. I Waited For You

3. Mood

Junior Cook /tenor saxophone
Walter Booker /bass
Al Dailey /piano
Slide Hampton /trombone
Bill Hardman /trumpet, flugelhorn
Mario Rivera /baritone saxophone
Leroy Williams /drums
Arrangements: Slide Hampton

Produced by Fred Seibert
Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, on June 17th, 1979
Cover Design: Mark Larson
Cover Photo: Carol Friedman

Muse Records MR 5159

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Liner Notes

This album dramatizes the importance of giving more attention to virile, genuinely creative musicians who have paid their dues many times over and are regarded highly by their peers.  Casting Junior Cook with leadership credits and rights at this late date is emblematic of the conspicuous lack of opportunity for proper recognition, especially in this era of overnight “stardom” and excessive recording…  and of the void Muse is helping to fill.

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