Horace Silver Quintet, Silver’s Serenade, 1963 on Blue Note

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Blue Mitchell, Down With It, 1966 on Blue Note

Another fantastic Blue Note jazz LP, this came out originally in 1966. It features Mitchell (trumpet) with Junior Cook (tenor sax), Chick Corea (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), and Aloysius Foster (drums), and was recorded at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey.

My copy- via a private sale – is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at RTI. Great sound and packaging.

Ichi-Ban is an album by the Louis Hayes – Junior Cook Quintet featuring Woody Shaw recorded in 1976 and released on the Dutch Timeless label and on Timeless Muse in the U.S.

The Allmusic review stated "The limited recording time (under forty minutes) is a shame since the group is such a pleasure to hear. The music retains its excitement years after it was recorded, a tribute to both the choice of tunes and the quality of playing" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2gTgF0ILhI&list=PLlxdnGV3wLNOU0XCkzIUpWoswXlLTN15l&index=1

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Junior's Cookin' is the debut album led by American jazz saxophonist Junior Cook which was recorded in 1961 for the Jazzland label.

The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated: "The result, while not essential listening, is a satisfying and honest set that provides an appealing portrait of both Cook and Mitchell, two central, although not seminal, figures in the development of hard bop

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Beat Review by Jason Ankeny

Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint, Roy Brooks' simply but authoritatively titled Beat fuses the intellectual rigors of the modern idiom with the physical prowess of soul-jazz to create a record of uncommon scope and reach. Working with Horace Silver Quintet colleagues Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Gene Taylor alongside Detroit contemporaries George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, Brooks channels influences spanning the breadth of the Motor City scene, resulting in a clutch of challenging but engaging performances with the unmistakable patina of the embryonic Motown sound. While their technical proficiency is stunning, Brooks' rhythms never lose sight of the almighty groove, and for its hard bop stridency, the record has the proverbial good beat and you can dance to it.

#roybrooks #bluemitchell #juniorcook #jazz #hardbop

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The Horace Silver Quintet - "The Tokyo Blues" (1962)

I found this original mono #BlueNote lp at a thrift store yesterday - and at a place that never has decent records. It's in shockingly nice condition.

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