Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves album) explained

Cookin'
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Gonsalves
Cover:	Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves album).jpeg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	August 6, 1957 Sheldon Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Argo Records
Producer:	Leonard Chess
Next Title:	Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues
Next Year:	1958

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]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 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".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Gonsalves, except as indicated

1. "Festival" - 6:54
2. "Clark's Bars" (Clark Terry) - 3:38
3. "Daddy-O's Patio" (Terry) - 2:16
4. "Blues" - 5:01
5. "Impeccable" - 4:20
6. "Paul's Idea" - 2:48
7. "Phat Bach" (Terry) - 3:18
8. "Milli Terry" (Terry) - 2:34
9. "Funky" (Terry) - 4:04

Personnel

• Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone
• Clark Terry - Trumpet
• Willie Jones - Piano
• Jimmy Woode - Bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums

Notes and References

1. Book: Corbett, John. Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium. May 18, 2017. Duke University Press. 9780822373155. Google Books.
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Records discography
3. Web site: Dryden. Ken. Cookin'. AllMusic. September 18, 2012.
4. Cook & Morton 2008, p. 1391