Cookin' (Booker Ervin album)

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

Cookin'
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1961[1]
RecordedNovember 26, 1960
GenreJazz
Length43:14
LabelSavoy
Booker Ervin chronology
The Book Cooks
(1960)
Cookin'
(1961)
That's It!
(1961)

Reception edit

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

Track listing edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Billboard May 29, 1961
  2. ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 4, 2011
  3. ^ a b 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.