Tag Archives: Cookin’

Booker Ervin: Cookin’

In May 1961, “Savoy” label released “Cookin’”, the second Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in November 1960, in Newark, New Jersey, and was produced by Herman Lubinsky.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Horace Parlan – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Paul Cady – engineer
  • Lee Jack Morton – design
  • Tom Wilson – recording supervisor, liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Booker Ervin, except where noted.

  1. Dee Da Do
  2. Mr. Wiggles
  3. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  4. Down In the Dumps
  5. Well, Well
  6. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert

Clifford Brown: Memorial Album

In September 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Memorial Album”, the 13th Clifford Brown album (it was released posthumously). It was recorded in June 1953, at “WOR Studios” in New York City, August 1953, at “Audio-Video Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Clifford Brown – trumpet
  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Elmo Hope – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Hymn of the Orient – Gigi Gryce
  2. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  3. Minor Mood – Clifford Brown
  4. Cherokee – Ray Noble
  5. Wail Bait – Quincy Jones
  6. Brownie Speaks – Clifford Brown
  7. De-Dah – Elmo Hope
  8. Cookin’ – Lou Donaldson
  9. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Carving the Rock – Elmo Hope, Sonny Rollins