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An Interview with Frank Basile

KIOS | By Chris Cooke
Published March 23, 2012 at 1:38 PM CDT

Baritone Saxophonist Frank Basile is on tour in the Midwest.  Basile is a familiar musician to Omaha jazz fans, having spent time as a young musician in the area.  Frank Basile will perform with a band he co-leads with saxophonist Rob Scheps. The saxophonists have  sat next to each other in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, one of the greatest jazz big bands on earth, both in Taiwan and at New York's Village Vanguard.

Upcoming performances include a performance at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa Tuesday, April 3 at 9pm.  Also, The Capital Jazz Society will present a performance on Wednesday, April 4 at Brewsky's Jazz Underground in Lincoln.

Jazz in the Afternoon host Chris Cooke caught up with Frank Basile over the phone. Basile discussed his latest project, which focused on the music of the great saxophonist Pepper Adams.  Basile also described his development as young musician, including his time in Omaha, and the big bands he has performed in during the last several years.

For more information you may visit Frank Basile's website

Recording Engineer: Mike Hansen.  
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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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