The Cooker is a Jazz album by Lee Morgan, originally released in 1958. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- warm
- driving
- smoky
About
The Cooker is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. It was released through Blue Note Records in January 1958. The quintet features saxophonist Pepper Adams and rhythm section Bobby Timmons, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The recording was made on September 29, 1957. Recorded and released while Morgan was still just nineteen years old, The Cooker is the first album to feature his own original compositions, as well as the first without any compositions written by Benny Golson. The Cooker is considered a demonstration of Morgan's early bebop virtuosity, with its frequent double time improvisational .
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Tracklist
- 1A Night In Tunisia9:20
- 2Heavy Dipper7:04
- 3Just One of Those Things7:15
- 4Lover Man6:47
- 5New-Ma8:10
- 6Just One of Those Things7:50
Credits
Performers
- Pepper AdamsBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Paul ChambersBASS
- "Philly" Joe JonesDRUMS
- Bobby TimmonsPIANO
- Lee MorganTRUMPET
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold