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Jesse Cook coming to Key City March 1
Multi-platinum/gold award-winning and internationally acclaimed producer, composer, and guitarist Jesse Cook has released his 11th studio album, Libre.
Out via Jesse’s own Coach House label imprint, distributed by Outside Music/Redeye, the 10-track album combines Cook’s iconic Spanish guitar flair with Algerian multi-instrumentalist Fethi Nadjem, modern trap rhythms and 808 beats.
Libre arrives alongside the album’s stand-out track, “Number 5,” and its accompanying music video.
I wrote and recorded Libre during the pandemic when, like most people, I was longing for freedom,” Cook shared of the new project. “My music was my escape from the four walls that surrounded me, and the storm that was swirling outside.”
The inspiration for Libre came from a long summer-day drive with his 14-year old, Cook reveals. “My daughter entertained me with her favourite playlists, much of which were trap and 808-inspired. I loved them too, and a question was planted in my mind: ‘what would my music sound like mixed with those sounds?’”
Cook also recently announced the first leg of his 2022 ‘Tempest II’ tour. The tour was originally set to take place in 2020 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of his acclaimed debut album, Tempest. Launching in Spokane, Washington on January 19, and spanning 43-dates, the trek will take Cook and his band across both the U.S. and Canada, including Cranbrook on March 1 at Key City Theatre.
It’s been more than 25 years since the internationally-lauded virtuoso first stepped onto the scene with his now-iconic release, Tempest. In the time since, he’s come to hold 10 Gold and Platinum studio albums with a combined sales of two+ million copies, five concert DVDs and live discs, five PBS specials, and multiple awards — a JUNO win, 11 nominations, three Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, a Gemini, and anAcoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Silver Award.
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