By Jordan Maldonado, KCCK Programming Intern
Andrew Gilbert of The Boston Globe says The Cookers “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago” (Andrew Gilbert, The Boston Globe)
“A dream team of forward-leaning hard-bop” Nate Chinen, NY Times.
Essentially the musical chemists of bebop and fusion, these gentlemen came from jazz backgrounds that were a musical uproar in history, working with artists such as Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Miles Davis, and many more. This created an opportunity for these veteran jazzers to develop a post-bop original sound that brings the 60’s right to your ears.
The Cookers play at the Iowa City Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 1st at 9 p.m. on the main stage.