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Chris Cooke's Favorite Jazz CDs of 2012

Kathy Kosins / To The Ladies of Cool / Resonance Records
Pharez Whitted / For The People /  Origin Records
Dr Lonnie Smith / The Healer / Pilgrimage Records
Bob Mintzer Big Band / For The Moment / MCG
Frank Basile / Modern Inventions / Independent
Arturo Sandoval /Dear Diz /  Concord Jazz
Steve Turre / Woody's Delight / High Note
Takuya Kuroda / Six Aces / Independent
Mike Longo Trio / Celebration of Diz and Miles / Consolidated Artists Productions
Lewis Nash Quintet / The Higher Mountain / Cellar Live
Bobby Sanabria Big Band / Multiverse / Jazzheads
Fred Hersch Trio / Alone At The Vanguard / Palmetto Records
Bobby Broom / Upper West Side Story / Origin
Laverne Butler / Love Lost And Found Again / High Note
Greg Skaff / 116th & Park / Zoho Music

Special Mention:
Wes Montogmery / Echoes of Indiana Avenue /Resonance Records
Bill Evans / Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate / Resonance Records

Chris Cooke has been a voice on public radio in Omaha since 1989. Working at KVNO-FM during college, Cooke hosted a weekend progressive jazz show on the station in addition to working as an on-air announcer. In November 1992, Cooke signed on at KIOS-FM and has been there ever since. He has hosted the Tuesday and Thursday editions of Jazz in the Afternoon since 1996 and has hosted Last Call since that year. A long time fan of jazz music, Cooke enjoys talking with the musicians who make jazz music and presenting those conversations with listeners. When not hosting or listening to jazz, on record or in person, Cooke maintains a busy schedule as a self-employed web design consultant.