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Remembering Pete Cosey

Pete Cosey, a Chicago guitarist who was known for his work with the Miles Davis band from 1973-1975, passed away on May 30th. He was 68. Cosey's intense, roaring guitar work fed through wah-wah distortion was a important part of the Miles Davis sound of the mid 1970s. The Afro-rock groove was dark, intense, and relentless, and Cosey's dynamic voice on the instrument was a tremendous assett to the band as it explored the frontiers of music on several studio and live albums, "Dark Magus", "Agharta" and "Pangea", the latter two recorded during a single day of a live performance at Osaka Festival Hall in Japan.

Cosey was also known for his work on Muddy Waters’s album “Electric Mud” (1968) and Howlin’ Wolf’s “Howlin’ Wolf Album” (1969).He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the cooperative Chicago organization devoted to experimental improvisation; he toured with Aretha Franklin and the jazz saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. In later years Cosey appeared on Herbie Hancock’s 1983 album, “Future Shock”; and formed a band in 2001 called Children of Agharta with other members of the mid-’70s Davis group, among other musical activities.

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.