Chris Cooke
Jazz hostChris 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.
Email address:christopher.cooke@ops.org
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Programs to feature classic and new adventuresome jazz releases of this year.
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Programs to feature classic and new adventuresome jazz releases of this year.
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Masis to perform with his quartet at Creighton Prep.
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A previously unreleased 1961 live recording of John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy is a revelatory performance.
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Saxophonist to perform at Jazz in the Green this summer.
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Saxophonist to perform at Jazz in the Green this summer.
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Two bands remember Miles Davis on newly released ensemble recordings.
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Two bands remember Miles Davis on newly released ensemble recordings.
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The legendary trumpeter returns to the recording studio and concert stage in the early 1980s.