Junior Cook Discography
1961 (age 27)
The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Dolo Coker, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.
Gold Star Studios, Long Beach, CA, April 10, 1961
| Blue Farouq | Jazzland JLP 58 | |
| Sweet Cakes | - | |
| Field Day | - |
* Jazzland JLP 58, JLP 958 The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell - Junior's Cookin' 1962
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1002-2 - 1999
The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Ron Matthews, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.
Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 4, 1961
| Mzar | Jazzland JLP 58 | |
| Turbo | - | |
| Easy Living | - | |
| Pleasure Bent | - |
* Jazzland JLP 58, JLP 958 The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell - Junior's Cookin' 1962
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1002-2 - 1999
1977 (age 43)
Junior Cook Quartet
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
NYC, November 1, 1977
| Sweet Lotus Lips | Catalyst CAT-7628 | |
| Not Quite That | - | |
| Yardbird Suite | - | |
| Moment To Moment (Part One) | - | |
| Moment To Moment (Part Two) | - |
* Catalyst CAT-7628 Junior Cook - Pressure Cooker 1977
= Affinity (E) AFF 53 - 1980
= Vee-Jay (J) 30YD-7014 - 1988
= Catalyst (J) MYCJ-30058 Junior Cook - Moment To Moment 2000
Junior Cook Quartet
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Junior Booth, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
NYC, November 2, 1977
| The Crucifier | Catalyst CAT-7628 | |
| The 8th Cat | - |
* Catalyst CAT-7628 Junior Cook - Pressure Cooker 1977
= Affinity (E) AFF 53 - 1980
= Vee-Jay (J) 30YD-7014 - 1988
= Catalyst (J) MYCJ-30058 Junior Cook - Moment To Moment 2000
1979
Junior Cook
Bill Hardman, trumpet, flugelhorn; Slide Hampton, trombone; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mario Rivera, baritone sax; Al Dailey, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Leroy Williams, drums; Slide Hampton, arranger.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 7, 1979
| J.C. | Muse MR 5159 | |
| I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | - | |
| Play Together Again | - | |
| Waltz For Junior | - | |
| I Waited For You | - | |
| Mood | - |
* Muse MR 5159 Junior Cook - Good Cookin' 1980
= 32 Jazz 32095 Junior Cook - Senior Cookin': Good Cookin'-Somethin's Cookin' 1998
1981
Junior Cook Quartet
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1981
| Fiesta Espanol | Muse MR 5218 | |
| Detour Ahead | - | |
| Illusion Of Grandeur | - | |
| Heavy Blue | - | |
| Hindsight | - | |
| Chi-Chi | - | |
| Fiesta Espanol (alternate) | Muse MCD 5470 | |
| Detour Ahead (alternate) | - | |
| Hindsight (alternate) | - | |
| Chi-Chi (alternate) | - |
* Muse MR 5218 Junior Cook - Somethin's Cookin' 1982
= Muse MCD 5470 - 1993
= 32 Jazz 32095 Junior Cook - Senior Cookin': Good Cookin'-Somethin's Cookin' 1998
1988 (age 54)
Junior Cook Quartet
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Wayne Dockery, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
November 23, 1988
| Cedar's Blues | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1240 | |
| I Should Have Known | - | |
| Are You Real | - | |
| She Rote | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31240 | |
| Gnid | - | |
| This Is The Place To Be | SteepleChase (D) SCS 1240 | |
| Over The Rainbow | - | |
| The Cup Bearer | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCS 1240, SCCD 31240 Junior Cook Quartet - The Place To Be 1989
1989
Junior Cook Quartet
Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Leroy Williams, drums.
June, 1989
| On A Misty Night | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31266 | |
| Innocent One | - | |
| Wabash | - | |
| You Know Who | - | |
| Make The Girl Love Me | - | |
| My Sweet Pumpkin | - | |
| Nothing Ever Changes | - | |
| I'll Go My Way By Myself | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31266 Junior Cook Quartet - On A Misty Night 1990
1991
Junior Cook Quintet
Valery Ponomarev as Valery Ponomarov, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; John Webber, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums.
December, 1991
| Junior's Cook | SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31304 | |
| Envoy | - | |
| Warm Valley | - | |
| Sweet Lotus Lips | - | |
| Vierd Blues | - | |
| You Leave Me Breathless | - | |
| Fiesta Espanol | - | |
| Mr. P.C. | - |
* SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31304 Junior Cook Quintet - You Leave Me Breathless 1992