New York, NY - Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, composer and performer Jesse Cook will perform at Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture on Friday, November 22 at 8:00PM. Tickets are $45, $60 and $75 (plus applicable fees) and will be available at www.eventbrite.com starting on Friday, August 9 at 10:00AM.
By the numbers, Jesse Cook has ten platinum and gold studio albums with combined sales exceeding two million copies, 700 million streams online, five concert DVDs and live discs, five PBS specials, a library of over 300 YouTube videos, a JUNO Award win and 11 nominations, three Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, a Gemini Award, and an Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Silver Award to his credit. Cook started down many of those diverse paths before he started school. Born in Paris, young Jesse also lived in Barcelona, where he picked up an interest in flamenco as a toddler. At six, after his parents divorced and he moved to Toronto with his mother, the prodigy attended the prestigious Eli Kassner Guitar Academy. During summers with his father in Arles in France, he soaked up more flamenco from neighbor Nicolas Reyes, leader of the world-renowned Gipsy Kings. He later attended the Royal Conservatory, York University and Berklee College. Those humble beginnings quickly sparked a mighty international career, including an extensive discography of 14 albums so far. In 2023, Jesse’s Libre Tour visited 85 markets. Jesse was invited to participate in Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival of renowned guitarists in Sept 2023.