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Last Call Celebrates 22nd Year on KIOS

KIOS | By Chris Cooke
Published January 20, 2018 at 2:14 PM CST

This month Last Call celebrates 22 years on KIOS. To celebrate on January 27th, Last Call will step back into the record library for a breathtaking series of performances from Jaco Pastorius and his Word of Mouth Big Band and share with you an exciting new release from superstars Chick Corea & Steve Gadd. Plus our program will feature some of the best adventuresome jazz recordings from 2017 from Matt Wilson, Jane Ira Bloom, Vijay Iyer, and Wadada Leo Smith.

Last Call started on KIOS in January 1996.   Since that time Chris Cooke has been the host for this late night jazz program.  It is one of the few radio programs that present the very best of adventuresome jazz-music which generally falls outside of the mainstream of the genre, but includes some of the most creative and innovative music ever recorded by musicians anywhere. The program's host brings along with him several decades of experience and insight into jazz music as he steps into the studio to host each program.

Tune in January 27th at 11pm for our special Last Call 22nd year anniversary program on KIOS-FM. 
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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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