An Interview with Chris Brubeck

KIOS | By Chris Cooke

Published February 25, 2016 at 4:22 PM CST

The Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet will perform in Omaha Friday night. The Brubeck Brothers will present a "Tribute to Dave Brubeck", their legendary father, on February 26th . This performance is part of the Omaha Performing Arts’ 1200 Club in the Holland Center’s Scott Recital Hall. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. and general seating is available.

KIOS Jazz host Chris Cooke recently spoke with Chris Brubeck. In a wide ranging interview, Chris Brubeck discussed his famous father, Dave Brubeck, and how the Brubeck Brothers bring jazz standards, original material, and Dave Brubeck classics to audiences worldwide.

Recording engineer: Mike Hansen/ KIOS

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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke has been a voice on radio in Omaha since 1988. While at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, he studied radio broadcasting, history and religion. Working at KVNO-FM, Cooke hosted a weekend adventuresome jazz show on the station in addition to duties as an on-air announcer on overnights, weekends and holidays. He also worked at KBLZ (the then student-run radio station) as well as KYNE-TV, and The Gateway as a reporter.
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 also hosted Last Call since that year. A long time fan of jazz music, Cooke enjoys talking with the musicians who make jazz music. He has interviewed Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, David Liebman, Airto Moreira, Jessica Williams and Karrin Allyson, to name a few. While not at the station Cooke maintains a web design consultancy business that has served a number of non-profit and music clients for over 20 years.

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