Links
I’m not the only cat trying to chronicle Cook. Check out these links to additional resources on Cook’s life and music.
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Junior Cook solo, “Step Lightly”
Saxophonist James Hughes dropped this transcription of Junior Cook’s solo on the tune “Step Lightly,” from Blue Mitchell’s album “The Thing To Do” (Blue Note, 1964).
Courtney Nero Music Website, for a little more about me.
Upcoming book "Have Horn, Will Travel" recounts life of Pensacola jazz man Junior Cook,” Pensacola News Journal, 3 December 2023
Special thanks to Troy Moon, who authored this article on the upcoming biography in Pensacola News Journal, a media outlet in Cook’s hometown of Pensacola, Florida.
“Junior Cook: Quintessential NYC hard-bop tenor”, 15 July 2023
I authored this article in July 2023, based on research for the biography, “Have Horn, Will Travel: A Biography of Herman ‘Junior’ Cook.” Published in Jazz Journal (UK). Special thanks to Mark Gilbert.