Junior Cook
Tenor Sax Solo on
Strollin'

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Junior Cook contributes a single chorus on tenor sax, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 135 BPM over the 32-bar ABAB' in D♭, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Cook follows with a tenor solo of earthy directness, his playing grounded in the blues tradition while reflecting the harmonic awareness of the post-bop era. Recorded for the album Horace-Scope in 1960, the performance captures Junior Cook at 25 to 26 years old. This Silver original features a 32-bar ABAB' form in D-flat at a comfortable medium tempo, with solos from trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, and Silver himself, each delivering a single chorus.

Junior Cook was 25 to 26 years old at the time.