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Ultimate Jesse Cook doesn't give fans any bonus material, not even the DVD content so popular with mid-2000s retrospectives. But, while it skimps on the extras, the two-disc, 26-song set is a perfect abstract of the guitarist's work for Narada. The 2004 live recording, Montréal, only gets one track ("Closer to Madness"), but Cook's five studio albums are all represented well. The set isn't chronological, but by mixing the songs up, Ultimate Jesse Cook heightens the crossroads quality of Cook's music. In one moment he's a flamenco master, the next a new age interpreter, and he explores Arabic sounds with just as much ease, and while Cook isn't afraid to streamline his influences for the sake of pop accessibility, he's respectful of them, too. For instance, the new age side of his sound never overtakes his curiosity and virtuosity as a guitarist and bandleader. Sometimes breezy synthesizers, and occasionally a percussion instrument, feel "painted in" for effect rather than meaning, but that's rare, and as he's proven over the years with Narada, Jesse Cook offers fusion, subtlety, and most of all evocative playing. Collection highlights include Tempest's title track, "Early on Tuesday" (featuring Sammy Llanas from BoDeans), Freefall's propulsive "Switchback," the organic/digital play of "Byzantium Underground," and the memorable Cajun touches in "That's Right."
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Tony Levin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass Programming, Darbouka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Wolpert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Blake Manning, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Greg Robertson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Denis Tougas, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Melo, Percussion, Drum, Pandeiro, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, Palmas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Antonio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Art Avalos, Bells, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Etric Lyons, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2000 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Lazar, Percussion, Tambourine, Darbouka, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2000 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Darbouka, Palmas, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Avalos, Percussion, Drum, Snare Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1998 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blake Manning, Darbouka, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Mario Melo, Percussion, Palmas, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Peter J. Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1995 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Church, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Avalos, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Mario Melo, Drum, Rhythm Arranger, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2000 Narada Productions, Inc.
Andres Morales, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Bass Programming, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Wolpert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Blake Manning, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Greg Robertson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Denis Tougas, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
George Koller, Violin, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Djivan Gasparyan, Duduk, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Darbouka, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Pacy Shulman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blake Manning, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1998 Narada Productions, Inc.
Kurt Neumann, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Llanas, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Collin Barrett, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Avalos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ferfolia, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Melo, Percussion, Palmas, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Peter J. Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Morales, Bass Guitar, Palmas, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1995 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Mario Melo, Percussion, African Percussion, Drum, Unknown, Conga, Other, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1998 Narada Productions, Inc.
Colin Nairne, Producer, Executive Producer - John Holbrook, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Hayashi, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Pierre, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Gili Gurvitz, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Layah Davis, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Thomkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug McClement, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Kolchinsky, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicolas Hernandez, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Antonio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Collin Barrett, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Chris Church, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Art Avalos, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lyba Spring, Bells, AssociatedPerformer - Hampig Djavorian, Duduk, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Negin Bahrami, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Meleca, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Danielle Lafond, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Guiomar Campbell, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2004 Narada Productions, Inc.
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Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Darbouka, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr. , Accordion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1998 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter J. Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1995 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Palmas, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Pacy Shulman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blake Manning, Drums, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Carmen Romero, Palmas, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1998 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Mario Melo, Percussion, Bongos, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Darbouka, Palmas, Timbales , Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Denis Keldie, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Danny Wilde, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Finn, ComposerLyricist - Peter Cardinali, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Cook, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Antonio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2000 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blake Manning, Darbouka, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Mario Melo, Percussion, Palmas, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Peter J. Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Morales, Bass Guitar, Palmas, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1995 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Wolpert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Blake Manning, Triangle, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Robertson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Denis Tougas, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Melo, Percussion, Drum, Pandeiro, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Alexander, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Ron Allen, Ney Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Kajioka, Viola, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Darbouka, Drum, Drum Programming, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Antonio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Art Avalos, Triangle, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Lazar, Tambourine, Darbouka, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - George Gao, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2000 Narada Productions, Inc.
Andres Morales, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Denhart, Producer, Executive Producer - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Wolpert, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kathleen Shea, Producer, Executive Producer - Blake Manning, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Greg Robertson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Denis Tougas, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Melo, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Church, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Lazar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter J. Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1995 Narada Productions, Inc.
Montse Cortes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Cook, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Avalos, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Alejandra Nuñez, Author - Francisco Orozco, Percussion, Palmas, Singer,Dancer, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Album review
Ultimate Jesse Cook doesn't give fans any bonus material, not even the DVD content so popular with mid-2000s retrospectives. But, while it skimps on the extras, the two-disc, 26-song set is a perfect abstract of the guitarist's work for Narada. The 2004 live recording, Montréal, only gets one track ("Closer to Madness"), but Cook's five studio albums are all represented well. The set isn't chronological, but by mixing the songs up, Ultimate Jesse Cook heightens the crossroads quality of Cook's music. In one moment he's a flamenco master, the next a new age interpreter, and he explores Arabic sounds with just as much ease, and while Cook isn't afraid to streamline his influences for the sake of pop accessibility, he's respectful of them, too. For instance, the new age side of his sound never overtakes his curiosity and virtuosity as a guitarist and bandleader. Sometimes breezy synthesizers, and occasionally a percussion instrument, feel "painted in" for effect rather than meaning, but that's rare, and as he's proven over the years with Narada, Jesse Cook offers fusion, subtlety, and most of all evocative playing. Collection highlights include Tempest's title track, "Early on Tuesday" (featuring Sammy Llanas from BoDeans), Freefall's propulsive "Switchback," the organic/digital play of "Byzantium Underground," and the memorable Cajun touches in "That's Right."
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:52:54
- Main artists: Jesse Cook
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Narada
- Genre: World
© 2005 Narada Productions, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 Narada Productions, Inc.
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