Chris Cooke

Jazz Calendar (Updated 5 / 13 / 2013)

Chris Cooke — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Omaha Performing Arts presents The Iguanas sponsored by First National Bank. The eclectic New Orleans-based band performs Friday, May 17, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. in the 1200 CLUB.
Tickets for The Iguanas are $30 in advance and $35 day of show and are available online at TicketOmaha.com, by calling 402.345.0606 or at the Ticket Omaha office inside the Holland Performing Arts Center, 13th & Douglas streets.

Jazz In The Afternoon Rotation

Chris Cooke — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:04:46 +0000

WEEK OF: May 12, 2013

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

Last Call Rotation

Chris Cooke — Sun, 12 May 2013 05:07:00 +0000

Week Of May 12, 2013

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

Last Call Artist Spotlight: Gretchen Parlato

Chris Cooke — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:33:16 +0000

Vocalist Gretchen Parlato will perform in Omaha at the 1200 Club at the Holland on May 11th. This is the first Omaha concert for the rising vocal star, whose 2011 effort "The Lost And Found" was the #1 Jazz CD of the year as awarded by this program. Click on the link to listen to an interview with Gretchen Parlato.(Recording Engineer: Mike Hansen.)

For more information about Parlato's concert in Omaha you may visit omahaperformingarts.org

Here is the review of the record from our archives:

Last Call CD Review: Jeremy Pelt / Water and Earth / High Note

Chris Cooke — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:21:02 +0000

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt is an accomplished trumpeter with a string of critically acclaimed albums. A solid straight-ahead artist, he has released two albums (2005's Identity) and (2007's Shock Value) that explore electric jazz directions. For Water and Earth, the noted trumpeter, bandleader & educator is back with his longtime bandmates Frank LoCrasto, keyboards; Dana Hawkins, drums; and newcomers including Roxy Coss on saxophone.

Last Call April Label Spotlight: Cuneiform Records

Chris Cooke — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:46:13 +0000

Cuneiform Records has just released a new batch of adventuresome jazz discs. Their usual high standard of creative brilliance continues with a number of fine recordings, most notably The Rob Mazurek Octet's Skull Sessions.

Last Call notes..tonight's playlist

Chris Cooke — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:54:45 +0000

Thanks for listening to tonight's Last Call!

View our Last Call playlist for March 9, 2013

Jazz Release Of The Month: Miles Davis Quintet/Live In Europe 1969/Columbia/Legacy

Chris Cooke — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:34:55 +0000

The music of Miles Davis was changing dramatically in the late 1960s. Most fans of the legendary trumpeter know that in 1969 he recorded Bitches Brew, the hugely successful dawn of jazz-rock that was one of the best selling jazz records ever released. Lesser known is the working unit that Miles took with him on the road was one of the most artistically daring and visionary bands that Miles ever led. Recordings of that outfit have recently surfaced and have been released on a multi-disc set, Live In Europe 1969, The Complete Bootleg Sessions Vol. 2.

An interview with Reid Anderson of The Bad Plus

Chris Cooke — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:39:23 +0000

An Interview with Donny McCaslin

Chris Cooke — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:56:28 +0000

Last Call presents an interview with saxophonist Donny McCaslin. The saxophonist received a 2004 Grammy® nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” for his work with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. He has also worked extensively with trumpeter Dave Douglas and his band. Inspired by the full tenor sound of Sonny Rollins, McCaslin explores a trajectory through electronic jazz on his latest effort, Casting For Gravity.