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LAST CALL BEST OF 2011:

GRETCHEN PARLATO /  THE LOST AND FOUND /OBLIQ SOUND

DWIGHT TRIBLE / COSMIC /KATALYST ENTERTAINMENT

BEN ALLISON / ACTION -REFRACTION /PALMETTO

JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY / THE RACE RIOT SUITE / GROOVE MARKETING

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON / THE MOSAIC PROJECT / CONCORD

ERIC HARLAND /VOAYGER: LIVE BY NIGHT / SPACE TIME RECORDS

ERNEST DAWKINS NEW HORIZONS ENSEMBLE / THE PRAIRIE PROPHET / DELMARK

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES / ROCKET SCIENCE /EOM

WADADA LEO SMITH'S ORGANIC / HEARTS'S REFLECTIONS / CUNEIFORM

DAVID LIEBMAN /ORNETTE PLUS / INDEPENDENT RELEASE

FRANK BUTREY / MALICIOUS DELICIOUS / INDEPENDENT RELEASE 

CUONG VU 4-TET / LEAPS OF FAITH / ORIGIN RECORDS

ROB MAZUREK'S STARLICKER / DOUBLE DEMON /DELMARK

TOM HARRELL / THE TIME OF THE SUN / HIGH NOTE

MARCUS MILLER / A NIGHT IN MONTE CARLO / CONCORD

COREA, CLARKE AND WHITE / FOREVER / CONCORD

DAVE KING TRUCKING COMPANY / GOOD OLD LIGHT / SUNNYSIDE

TIM HAGANS / THE MOON IS WAITING / PALMETTO /

BILL FRISELL / ALL WE ARE SAYING / SAVOY JAZZ

JASON ADASIEWICZ'S SUN ROOM'S / SPACER/ DELMARK

RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA / SAMDHI / ACT

REZ ABBASI'S INVOCATION / SUNO SUNO / ENJA

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ONE O'CLOCK LAB BAND /LAB 2011/  NORTH TEXAS JAZZ

GIACOMO GATES / THE REVOLUTION WILL BE JAZZ / SAVANT

NICOLE MITCHELL / AWAKENING / DELMARK

JEFF LEDERER /SUNWATCHER / JAZZ HEADS  

JERRY LEAKE & RANDY ROOS/CUBIST LIVE/RHOMBUS RECORDS

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.