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Walter Booker Quintet: Bookie's Cookbook

Read "Bookie's Cookbook" reviewed by AAJ Staff


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 ...

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Obituary

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

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

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

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 ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Live in Montreal May...

Liberation Hall
2024

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Poppin In Paris: Live...

Elemental Music
2024

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Bookie's Cookbook

Mapleshade Recordings
2001

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