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Cookin' Sherry is an album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.^[2]

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

1. "Mellow Blues" (Willis Jackson, Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff) – 9:01
2. "Sportin'" (Jackson, Jennings) – 4:47
3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:02
4. "Cookin' Sherry" – 8:14
5. "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:41
6. "Contrasts" (Jimmy Dorsey) – 5:46

Note

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 3), February 26, 1960 (tracks 2, 5) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 1, 4, 6)

• Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Jack McDuff – organ
• Bill Jennings – guitar
• Milt Hinton (tracks 2, 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6) – bass
• Bill Elliot (tracks 1, 4, 6), Alvin Johnson (tracks 2, 3, 5) – drums
• Buck Clarke – congas (tracks 2, 5)

Production

• Esmond Edwards – supervision
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording