Jesse Cook - Beyond Borders

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:00
Size: 96.2 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Beyond Borders
[3:24] 2. Hembra
[3:52] 3. Unchosen
[3:34] 4. To The Horizon
[2:23] 5. Lost
[3:46] 6. Double Dutch
[3:11] 7. Skip The Moon
[3:17] 8. The Toll
[3:34] 9. Call To Rhythm
[4:00] 10. Above The Rain
[3:26] 11. A Mi Nina
[4:16] 12. Wisdom Of A Thousand Years

“There are many borders in our lives. Some are built by others, some we create for ourselves. Whenever I have ventured beyond the borders in my life, I have been the better for it. Beauty, humanity, artistry, joy, wisdom, and of course love…these things don’t stop at some line on a page. If music is the universal language, maybe there is something it can teach us?”…Jesse Cook.

This is the most sonically diverse and distinctive disc in Jesse Cook’s vast and varied catalogue.

Beyond Borders

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Jesse Cook - The Rumba Foundation

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:10
Size: 98.8 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Flamenco
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Bogota By Bus
[3:49] 2. Santa Marta
[4:00] 3. Tuesday's Child
[3:31] 4. Manolo
[0:27] 5. Improv # 1
[3:37] 6. La Rumba D'el Jefe
[0:16] 7. Improv # 2
[4:45] 8. Gaita
[3:28] 9. Rain Day
[4:19] 10. Bombay Diner
[3:17] 11. Afternoon At Satie's
[3:46] 12. Cecilia
[4:43] 13. Homebound

The Rumba Foundation is Jesse Cook's eighth studio album in 14 years, a feat for any artist. With this album the Toronto-based Nuevo Flamenco guitarist found Canadian radio success, thanks to a collaboration with Canadian singer/songwriter Jeremy Fisher entitled "Cecilia," a collaboration that brought Cook's smooth skills to the masses in a way never before imagined. ~Matthew Chisling

The Rumba Foundation

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Jesse Cook - One World

Size: 101,1 MB
Time: 43:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz, World, Flamenco
Art: Front

01. Shake (3:37)
02. Taxi Brazil (2:49)
03. Once (5:01)
04. Bombay Slam (3:35)
05. To Your Shore (3:35)
06. Three Days (3:56)
07. Tommy And Me (4:08)
08. When Night Falls (3:31)
09. Steampunk Rickshaw (5:21)
10. Beneath Your Skin (4:34)
11. Breath (2:46)

For his new album, Canadian flamenco guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook wanted to reflect on the different places and cultures he’s experienced as a musician. The result is One World.

“Over the years, I’ve taken my music and tried to cross-pollinate it with music from different parts of the world,” the Juno-Award-winning musician says in a press note to accompany the album. “For the (2003) album Nomad, I went to Cairo and recorded with musicians there. On my (2009) record The Rumba Foundation, I went to Colombia, and worked with musicians from Cuba as well. On (1998’s) Vertigo, I went down to Lafayette, La., and recorded with Buckwheat Zydeco. For me, the question has always been: Where did you go? Where did you take your guitar?”

That reflection, however, brought him to a new conclusion: that “it’s not really about going someplace.” Hence One World, Cook’s most diverse album to date that explores the idea that everything is connected. It’s why sitars blend with synths, electronic and acoustic textures become one, all while Cook’s guitar anchors it at the centre.

“The Constantinople of sound,” he says, making comparisons to the ancient city where Eastern and Western culture famously meet. For a musician whose built a career off travelling the globe and soaking in the sounds and cultures, it seems like the most logical place to end up.

One World

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