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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
| 1 | A Night In Tunisia | ♡ | 9:24 | Frank Paparelli / Dizzy Gillespie |
| 2 | Heavy Dipper | ♡ | 7:05 | Lee Morgan |
| 3 | Just One of Those Things | ♡ | 7:20 | Cole Porter |
| 4 | Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) | ♡ | 6:53 | Jimmy Sherman / Roger “Ram” Ramirez / Jimmy Davis |
| 5 | New-Ma | ♡ | 8:12 | Lee Morgan |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000743794
Credits
Baritone Saxophone — Pepper Adams Bass — Paul Chambers Drums — “Philly” Joe Jones Mastered By — Kevin Gray Piano — Bobby Timmons Producer — Joe Harley, Alfred Lion Recorded By — Rudy Van Gelder Sleeve Notes — Robert Levin Trumpet — Lee Morgan
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