Harry L. Cook 
Last updated: 01.02.24
According to Trebor Jay Tichenor in his That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast, Harry L. Cook was better known as the professional clown, Slivers. He also worked with the saxophone group, the Six Brown Brothers who recorded on the Victor label. Together with Tom Brown of the said Brown Brothers, they wrote the music for That Moaning Saxophone Rag (1915) , lyrics Roger Lewis, which was featured in the Montgomery & Stone musical fantasy "Chin-Chin". Harry Cook is shown on the cover of the original sheet music as a black-faced minstrel together with the five saxophone-wielding brothers attired as clowns. Cook's ingenious ragtime medley Shovel Fish (1907) remains popular and is still recorded down to the present day.

  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Shovel Fish (1907-8), The Colin D. McDonald
audiomidi15.gif Slivers (1909) Colin McDonald
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Shovel Fish (1907-8), The Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Slivers (1909) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. T/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
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cd15.gif Meg Graf Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Brown Brothers Those Moaning Saxophones flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE649 The Shovel Fish (1907-8) - Rag
A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins.
1-2 days
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DBE650 Slivers (1909) - Eccentric Rag
T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.
1-2 days
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Shovel Fish (1907-8), The A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif Slivers (1909) T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 3 works by Harry L. Cook. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Fluffy Ruffles Rag 1907  wvicon.gif
Shovel Fish, The 1907 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Slivers 1909 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif