The Place to Be is an album by saxophonist Junior Cook recorded in 1988 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1][2][3][4]

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Allmusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

The Place to Be
Studio album by Junior Cook Quartet
Released	1989
Recorded	November 23, 1988
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:58 CD release with bonus tracks
Label	SteepleChase SCS-1240
Producer	Nils Winther
Junior Cook chronology
Somethin's Cookin' (1981) The Place to Be (1989) On a Misty Night (1989)

Track listing

1. "Cedar's Blues" (Cedar Walton) – 5:03
2. "I Should Have Known" (Mickey Tucker) – 11:33
3. "Are You Real" (Benny Golson) – 5:36
4. "She Rote" (Charlie Parker) – 4:32 Bonus track on CD release
5. "Gnid" (Tadd Dameron) – 9:03 Bonus track on CD release
6. "This Is the Place to Be" (Tucker) – 7:50
7. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 8:54
8. "Cup Bearer" (Tom McIntosh) – 8:05

Personnel

• Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
• Mickey Tucker – piano
• Wayne Dockery – bass
• Leroy Williams – drums

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