| Cookin' | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | August 6, 1957 Sheldon Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Argo Records | |||
| Producer | Leonard Chess | |||
| Paul Gonsalves chronology | ||||
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Cookin' is an album by Paul Gonsalves, released in 1957 by Argo Records. [1] [2] The album was re-released on CD in 2008 with bonus tracks from Clark Terry's Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (Argo, 1957) and The Jazz School (EmArcy, 1956) by Fresh Sound. [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 41⁄2 stars. [3] The authors of Penguin Guide, reviewing a GRP Clark Terry compilation (Daybreak Express, also containing the Clark Terry album, 4 stars), wrote that the tracks with Gonsalves "are far and away the most interesting things on the record". [5]
All compositions by Paul Gonsalves, except as indicated
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