Jesse Cook Announces The Blue Guitar Tour – Canada 2012
Award-winning guitar phenomenon Jesse Cook is set to release his eighth studio album. The Blue Guitar Sessions will be released in Canada on September 18 and in the U.S. on September 25.
“I wanted to make a record that was more personal”, says Cook. “Something intimate with more space to it than my previous work, the kind of music that I would want to listen to after midnight. I guess you could call it my grown-up album.”
Based in Toronto, Jesse Cook has been recording and performing music internationally for over seventeen years. He is a JUNO Award-winning artist and three-time recipient of the Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for “Guitarist of the Year”. His previous release, The Rumba Foundation, debuted at #1 on iTunes Canada and the DVD for the release premiered on PBS.
The past two years have seen Cook tour extensively to sold-out crowds throughout the world, performing at both the Singapore and Dubai Jazz Festivals, the Cumbre Tajín Festival in Mexico, and electrifying audiences from the U.S. to Italy to Lebanon. With over one million album sales worldwide, Jesse Cook has spawned a truly global fan base
Following the release of The Blue Guitar Sessions, Jesse Cook will launch a twenty-date national tour. The dates are as follows:
| November 14 | Saint John, NB | Imperial Theatre |
| November 15 | Moncton, NB | The Centre |
| November 16 | Fredericton, NB | The Fredericton Playhouse |
| November 17/18 | Halifax, NS | Rebecca Cohn Auditorium |
| November 22 | Toronto, ON | Massey Hall |
| November 23 | Kitchener, ON | Centre In The Square |
| November 28 | Ottawa, ON | National Arts Centre |
| November 29 | Montreal, QC | Wilfrid-Pelletier Place Des Arts |
| December 1 | Quebec City, QC | Grand Théâtre De Quebec |
| December 2 | Trois Rivières, QC | Théâtre Du Cégep |
| December 6 | Winnipeg, MB | Pantages Playhouse Theatre |
| *December 7 | Regina, SK | Casino Regina |
| *December 9 | Saskatoon, SK | TCU Place – Sid Buckwold Theatre |
| December 11 | Edmonton, AB | Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| December 12 | Calgary, AB | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| December 13 | Kamloops, BC | Kamloops Convention Centre |
| December 14 | Victoria, BC | Royal Theatre |
| December 15 | Qualicum Beach, BC | Civic Centre |
| December 16 | Vancouver, BC | Orpheum Theatre |
See the Tours page for more info.