Cookin' Sherry Explained

Cookin' Sherry
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Willis Jackson
Cover:	Cookin' Sherry.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	November 9, 1959 and February 26 and August 16, 1960
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Willis Jackson
Prev Title:	Blue Gator
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Together Again!
Next Year:	1965

Cookin' Sherry is an album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

1. "Mellow Blues" (Willis Jackson, Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff) – 9:01
2. "Sportin'" (Jackson, Jennings) – 4:47
3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:02
4. "Cookin' Sherry" – 8:14
5. "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:41
6. "Contrasts" (Jimmy Dorsey) – 5:46

Note

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 3), February 26, 1960 (tracks 2, 5) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 1, 4, 6)

Personnel

• Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Jack McDuff – organ
• Bill Jennings – guitar
• Milt Hinton (tracks 2, 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6) – bass
• Bill Elliot (tracks 1, 4, 6), Alvin Johnson (tracks 2, 3, 5) – drums
• Buck Clarke – congas (tracks 2, 5)

Production

• Esmond Edwards – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prestige Records Catalog: 7200 series . 2023-09-26 . www.jazzdisco.org.