The Cookers Music

With deep regret, we must share that we are unable to perform as planned on New Year’s Eve. We know this news is disappointing, and we are truly sorry to everyone who made plans, traveled, and invested their time and resources to be with us.

This decision has come together very quickly, and we understand how frustrating last‑minute changes can be.

Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice. Some of us have been making this music for many decades, and that history still shapes us. We are not turning away from our audience, and do want to make sure that when we do return to the bandstand, the room is able to celebrate the full presence of the music and everyone in it.

Our hope is that this moment will leave space for reflection, not resentment.

To everyone who is disappointed or upset, we understand and share your sadness. We remain committed to playing music that reaches across divisions rather than deepening them.

The Cookers release Time and Time Again

"An electrifying ensemble of seven legendary jazz veterans and unmistakable chemistry... Time and Time Again is filled with peerless musicianship that's both elegant and incandescent" - itunes

After seven years together, The Cookers, who "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), entered the studio earlier this year to record their fourth album, Time and Time Again, the follow up album to their three critically-acclaimed recordings, Warriors, Cast The First Stone and Believe. On Time and Time Again the incredibly high level of musicianship has only increased with the latest offering of fresh, challenging, boundary-pushing music from these legendary, revered, veteran improvisers. Available now on Motema Music, The Cookers are now touring the globe in support of the album.