Cookers

"Cookers" stands out because it's not like any of the other 15 or so classic albums Mr. Hubbard recorded in the 1960s, beginning with his debut as a leader in "Open Sesame."

'Taps' for Freddie Hubbard 2009

About six o'clock the Battalion at last came up with its "Cookers" and transport.

"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

The men were sitting on the banks of the road, or clustered round the "Cookers," drawing their breakfast rations of bread and cold bacon.

"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

Food at the front is another matter, and Mr. Punch is glad to print the tribute of one of his war-poets to the "Cookers":

Mr. Punch's History of the Great War 1900

The group takes its name from the classic 1965 Freddie Hubbard recording "The Night of the Cookers" Blue Note, which was recorded at the Club Marchal on Nostrand Avenue and President Street in Crown Heights—one of several jazz clubs that thrived in central Brooklyn in the 1950s and '60s.

Kind of New Martin Johnson 2011

The difference between those collectives and the Cookers (comprising saxophonists Billy Harper and Azar Lawrence, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, pianist George Cables, bassist Michael Bowie and drummer Billy Hart) is that the latter is principally composed of veteran players who can be found on the same classic Blue Note albums that the younger bands are imitating.

Hard-Bop, Key Chops And Country Stomps Will friedwald 2010

That difference was apparent earlier Friday evening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMcafé, where a diverse crowd gathered for a show by hard-bop group the New Cookers.

Kind of New Martin Johnson 2011

Natalie Keyssar for the Wall Street Journal Cheryl Bailey This particular party took place at the rooftop garden lounge of the Hudson Terrace and was cooked up — har, har — by the National Pork Board, Reynolds and Crock-Pot Slow Cookers.

America's Next Crock Stars Marshall Heyman 2010

Just down the street at Sista's Place, on Nostrand Avenue, reedman James Spaulding—who played on Hubbard's "Night of the Cookers" recording—was closing his first set with his quartet in front of a full house of fans ranging from tweens to seniors.

Kind of New Martin Johnson 2011

The New Cookers have performed at previous editions of this festival, which is entirely appropriate.

Kind of New Martin Johnson 2011