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Interviews with leading musicians on today's scene presented by KIOS music hosts.

An Interview with René Marie

René Marie,  a jazz vocalist with a truly original way of performing heart felt jazz music, continues to cement her reputation as a singer and composer. Her wise, provocative and daredevil style draws equally on jazz, folk, R&B and country to build statements of compelling jazz music.

In a recent phone interview,  KIOS Jazz host Chris Cooke spoke with René Marie. Click on the link below to hear that conversation.

René Marie started her career as a jazz vocalist at the age of 41. Her process of personal transformation followed. She left a job at a bank and a husband who was physically and verbally abusive to her. Forging ahead on her own, she financed her first recording and followed that up with several increasingly hypnotic albums.  Her fearlessness in telling the stories that need to be told--not just the standards, not just the love songs--is a remarkable thing.

See René Marie live at the 1200 Club at the Holland Center at 7:30pm March 15th. For more information you may visit http://www.omahaperformingarts.org

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.
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