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Last Call to Celebrate it's 25th Anniversary

This month Last Call celebrates 25 years on KIOS.

To celebrate on January 30th, host Chris Cooke will feature new music from the Sun Ra Arkestra. The legendary band's latest release is Swirling. Additionally new music from the band Cosmic Vibrations with vocalist Dwight Trible will be in the spotlight. Their new recording is Pathways and Passages. Listeners can look forward to vintage music from John Coltrane and Miles Davis as well in what is sure to be a special evening of music.

The Last Call started on KIOS in January 1996.   Since that time Chris Cooke has been the host for this late night jazz program.  It is one of the few radio programs that present the very best of adventuresome jazz-music which generally falls outside of the mainstream of the genre, but includes some of the most creative and innovative music ever recorded by musicians anywhere.  The Last Call host brings along with him several decades of experience and insight as he steps into the studio to present each program.   

Tune in January 30th at 9pm for our special Last Call 25th year anniversary program on KIOS-FM.

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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