Cookin' (Booker Ervin album)

Cookin'
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	May 1961 [1]
Recorded	November 26, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:14
Label	Savoy
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. ^[2]

Reception

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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

• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Horace Parlan – piano
• George Tucker – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

References

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