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Born: July 22, 1934 in Pensacola, FL
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's
Died: February 03, 1992 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
An expert hard bop tenor who tended to be overshadowed by more innovative contemporaries, Junior Cook was always a solid improviser. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook gained some fame for his longtime membership in the Horace Silver Qu ...More >>

Discography: 2003 Junior M.C. 1991 You Leave Me Breathless 1989 On a Misty Night 1988 Place to Be 1981 Somethin's Cookin' More >>

Similar Artists: Tina Brooks Clifford Jordan George Coleman Hank Mobley Dexter Gordon More >>

Influenced By: Sonny Rollins Sonny Stitt Wardell Gray More >>

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