JESSE COOK

Due to an overwhelming demand, a second show has been added at 9:30 p.m. in addition to the previously announced 7 p.m. show. Tickets for the second show go on sale as of Thursday, December 10 at 12 noon. Tickets are available at the Dalhousie Arts Centre box office, by phone at 494-3820 (1-800-874-1669) and online. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show and 9 p.m. for the 9:30 p.m. show.

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Released on Sept. 29, The Rumba Foundation (EMI Music Canada) debuted at #1 on iTunes Canada. The album is the latest chapter in Cook’s celebrated, eclectic career and a journey of musical rediscovery, bringing his rumba flamenco sound back to its birthplace in Cuba and adding a fresh twist of regional fusions. Cook draws heavily from the Colombian Vallenato style on songs including “Bogota by Bus” and “Santa Marta” and in his collaborations with Latin Grammy Award-winning group Los Gaiteros.

Educated in jazz and classical guitar and imbued with gypsy flavour, Cook has released six critically acclaimed studio albums. His debut album Tempest entered the American Billboard charts at #14 in 1995, while Free Fall took home the 2001 JUNO Award for Best Instrumental Album. Acoustic Guitar Magazine named Cook the 2009 Players’ Choice Award silver medalist after Spanish virtuoso Paco de Lucía.

The Gazette said of his 2009 Montreal Jazz Fest performance, “The adoring crowd [40,000] poured up over the hill, onto surrounding streets and they eagerly gobbled up every strum and straing of Cook’s totally accessible, adult contemporary sound.” New Sunday Times said, “The flamboyant tradition of flamenco music is alive in the adept hands of guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook.” Toronto Life said, “While the guitarist can’t afford plane tickets for the whole audience, his music makes Spain feel a little closer