Herman (Junior) Cook; Jazz Saxophonist

Herman (Junior) Cook, 57, a tenor saxophonist who played with such seminal jazz leaders as Dizzy Gillespie and Horace Silver in the late 1950s. Cook generally confined his appearances to Manhattan nightclubs but he recorded with several bands, including those of Freddie Hubbard. In the mid-1970s he formed a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman as co-leader. Most recently he had been playing with Clifford Jordan’s orchestra. At his New York City home on Tuesday of undetermined causes.