Cookin' (Booker Ervin album) explained

Cookin'
Type:	Album
Artist:	Booker Ervin
Cover:	Cookin' (Booker Ervin album).jpg
Released:	May 1961^[1]
Recorded:	November 26, 1960
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:14
Label:	Savoy
Chronology:	Booker Ervin
Prev Title:	The Book Cooks
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	That's It!
Next Year:	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]

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

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=BCEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+cookin&pg=PA30 Billboard May 29, 1961
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ErvinBooker-ldr.php Booker Ervin discography
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cookin-r153943 AllMusic Review