Walter Booker

Cannonball Adderley: Poppin In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972

by Mike Jurkovic
April 26, 2024

In his most natural setting--onstage alongside brother Nat Adderley--and accompanied by pianist George Duke, bassist Walter Booker and the trusty Roy McCurdy on drums, Cannonball Adderley pops and bops to all heart's content on Poppin' In Paris: Live at the Olympia 1972 . Appearing as part of the Paris Jazz Festival, the band holds true to its unspoken credo--defy expectations--and steams straight ahead into Duke's epic rent party stomp “Black Messiah." It is a colorful jazz-rock fireworks display ...

Walter Booker Quintet: Bookie's Cookbook

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

Although bassist Walter Booker has played with some of the biggest figures in jazz history (Cannonball and Nat Adderley; Stan Getz; Sonny Rollins; Thelonious Monk), recorded material under his own name remains elusive. Bookie's Cookbook documents a September '99 swinging session from his working quintet. This group features the versatile sounds of Cecil Payne's baritone sax, which span the range from throaty bellows to birdlike flight. Payne and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave cover most of the melodic ground: laying down solos ...

Walter Booker: December 17, 1933 - November 24, 2006

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 25, 2006

It is with a sad heart that I announce the passing of my beloved husband, bassist Walter Booker, on Friday, November 24, 2006. As soon as I finalize the details, I will advise you of when the celebration of his life will be held at St Peters Church 53rd and Lexington. --Bertha Hope

Walter Booker was born in Prairie View, Texas in 1933 and moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid 1940s. It wasn't until 1959, at ...
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