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Jesse Cook: Vertigo

On June 16, 1998, “Narada” label released “Vertigo”, the third Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, pandeiro, djembe, udu, chimes, handclaps, programming, arrangements, engineer
  • Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. – vocals, accordion
  • Holly Cole – vocals
  • Miguel De La Bastide – guitar
  • Bill Katsioutas – guitar
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk
  • George Koller – esraj, violin
  • Art Avalos – tambourine, djembe, chimes, snare, tom tom, guiro, traiangle, shaker, timbales, cowbell 
  • Ofra Harnoy – cello
  • Blake Manning – drums, timbales
  • Mario Melo – congas, udu, shaker, djembe, surdo, repinique, cabasa, percussion arrangements
  • Carmen Romero – handclaps
  • Arturo Avalos – Caja Vallenata
  • Pacy Shulman – engineer assistant
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Hugh Hartshorne – photography
  • Kathleen Shea – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. That’s Right!
  2. Byzantium Underground
  3. Canción Triste
  4. Rattle and Burn
  5. Red
  6. Breathing Below Surface
  7. Avocado
  8. Allegretto
  9. Vertigo
  10. Fragile (Holly Cole) – Sting

Contains the hidden track “Wednesday Night At Etric’s”

Jesse Cook: Free Fall

On September 26, 2000, “Narada” label released “Free Fall”, the fourth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Pizazzudio”, “Musickkloftet”, “National Arts Centre” and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, handclaps, goblet drum, surdo, congas, drum programming, handclaps, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Laliberté – guitar
  • Danny Wilde – vocals
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Peter Cardinali – bass
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Samba Squad – percussion
  • Mario Melo – surdo, repinique, congas, rattle, arrangements
  • Art Avalos – timbales, cowbell, triangle, djembe, goblet drum, shaker, congas, surdo
  • Ron Allen – bansuri
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk, ney
  • Rick Shadrach Lazar – goblet drum, tambourine, shaker, finger cymbals, percussion
  • Steven Greenman – violin
  • Kathleen Kajioka – viola
  • George Gao – fiddle
  • Nancy Cardwell – handclaps
  • Pacy Shulman, Vidar Lunden, Michel Lardie – engineer
  • Richard Denhart – mixing, executive producer
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Connie Gage – design
  • Julio Moya – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Switchback
  2. Air
  3. Virtue
  4. Free Fall
  5. Paloma
  6. Incantation
  7. All That Remains
  8. On Walks the Night
  9. Querido Amigo
  10. Viva
  11. Fall At Your Feet – Neil Finn

Jesse Cook: Tempest

On September 26, 1995, “Narada” label released “Tempest”, the debut Jesse Cook album.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, palmas, synthesizer, djembe, percussion
  • Andrew Morales – bass guitar
  • Mario Melo – congas, percussion, palmas
  • Blake Manning – darbuka, timbali

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Tempest
  2. Cascada
  3. Breeze from Saintes Maries
  4. Baghdad
  5. Parasol
  6. Dance of Spring
  7. Soledad
  8. Orbit
  9. Fate (Parasol Reprise)
  10. Jumpstart

Jesse Cook: Gravity

On September 24, 1996, “Narada” label released “Gravity”, the second Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Coach House Music” in Canada, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Andrés Morales – bass guitar
  • Blake Manning – drums
  • Mario Melo – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Mario Takes a Walk
  2. Azul
  3. Gravity
  4. Closer to Madness
  5. Into the Dark
  6. Brio
  7. Falling From Grace
  8. Olodum
  9. Rapture
  10. Gipsy
  11. Luna Llena – includes hidden track Hidden Gravity