A true jazz 'super-group' The Cookers features five ground-breaking jazz elders Eddie Henderson and Billy Hart (original members of Herbie Hancock's groundbreaking Mwandishi band); Cecil McBee (from the landmark Charles Lloyd Quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette); Billy Harper (a working band member of jazz giants Lee Morgan, Max Roach and Art Blakey) & George Cables (an integral participant for superstars Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins and more) Also key to the group s current sound are the highly respected New Orleans jazz leader, Donald Harrison, and the essential New York trumpeter/arranger David Weiss who is responsible for assembling this fine group and for many of their outstanding arrangements.