Jesse Cook Tickets

Jesse Cook is a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, based in Toronto. He was born in the year 1964 in Paris. His style of music is characterized by a fusion of Spanish, Latin, jazz and folk music. He is best known for his high-energy live performances. As a child, Cook would imitate and play the music of guitarist, Manitas de Plata. He pursued his guitar classes at the Eli Kassner Guitar Academy in Toronto. Later on, he continued with the study of classical and jazz guitar in some of the prestigious music schools in North America. The Narada records signed Cook in the year 1994. In 1995, he released his debut album titled “Tempest”, which later entered the American Billboard charts at #14. Beside individual work, he has performed with B.B. King, Ray Charles, Charlotte Church and Diana Krall. He was also a part of the album, “Seed” by the band, Afro Celt Sound System. Cook has toured with the famous Irish band, The Chieftains. >> More