The Cookers core members each bring their own unique qualities to the band's sound. "Blues to Booker" is a slow swinging number dedicated to another source of inspiration, Booker Ervin. With its lilting melody and ¾ time signature, "Crosstalk" feels like a lost outtake from Miles's classic quintet. "Obligatory Blues" is anything but, showcasing a Lee Morgan-esque boogie feel and a great tag-team lead line. "The Ramble" pays homage to Horace Silver's "Swingin' the Samba" with its latin vibe. Essentially, fun tunes with great rhythms and memorable melodies that even non-jazz lovers would be attracted to," says Coleman. "We wanted to have tunes that would be swinging, straight ahead, and arranged for a quintet. Born out of a weekly residency where the group cut their teeth on the classic, hard swinging music of Horace Silver, Art Blakey and Hank Mobley, it didn't take long before they were writing tunes of their own. The Cookers Quintet are a Toronto-based jazz combo, with a sound firmly rooted in the '50s and '60s hard bop movement.
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