Cookin' (Booker Ervin album)

Cookin'
Cookin'
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	May 1961
Recorded	November 26, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:14
Label	Savoy
Booker Ervin chronology

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated

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

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

Personnel

References

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

[1] Billboard May 29, 1961

[Booker_Ervin_discography-2] Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011

[Allmusic-3] AllMusic Review accessed February 4, 2011

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Booker Ervin
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
As leader	The Book Cooks (1960) Cookin' (1960) That's It! (1961) Exultation! (1963) Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963) The Freedom Book (1963) The Song Book (1964) The Blues Book (1964) The Space Book (1964) Groovin' High (1963–64) The Trance (1965) Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965) Heavy!!! (1966) Structurally Sound (1966) Booker 'n' Brass (1967) The In Between (1968) Tex Book Tenor (1968) Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) Mingus Ah Um (1959) Mingus Dynasty (1959) Blues & Roots (1959) Mingus (1960) Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976]) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) Oh Yeah (1961) Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964]) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
With others	Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962) Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964) Urge (Ted Curson, 1965) Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961) Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson) Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964) Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964) Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971]) Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964) The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961) Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963) Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964) Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])