Cookin' (Booker Ervin album)

1961 studio album by Booker Ervin

Cookin' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Savoy label.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated

1. "Dee Da Do" – 7:32
2. "Mr. Wiggles" – 5:19
3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 7:25
4. "Down In the Dumps" – 6:14
5. "Well, Well" – 9:53
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 7:01

• Recorded in Newark, New Jersey on November 26, 1960.

Personnel

• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Horace Parlan – piano
• George Tucker – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

References

1. Billboard May 29, 1961
2. Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011
3. AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.