Cookin' (Booker Ervin album)

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

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

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

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

References

  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.