The Cookers has been played on NTS shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, with Somalia first played on 3 October 2021.

The Cookers are an all-star jazz ensemble made up primarily of veteran bandleaders and star soloists, including tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, alto saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart.