Jesse Cook Performs at The Bushnell in Hartford on Jan. 19

Canadian guitar wiz Jesse Cook brews a batch of his distinctive rumba-jazz-pop at Hartford's Bushnell Center on Saturday, from the fresh grounds of his recent album The Blue Guitar Sessions, which found the stringsman branching out with vocals by Emma-Lee. But just as often, words aren't needed; Cook's voice on the guitar sings on its own. Cook's won heaps of JUNO Awards (the Canadian Grammys, essentially) as well as three Canadian Smooth Jazz Award nods.

By Michael Hamad

January 14, 2013