Ian Cooke
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Exotic Gardening
- Grow Your Own
- Grass and Bamboo Handbook
- Self-Sufficiency
- The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-01-22
- Active to
- 1964-12-11
black gospelclassic soulearly r&bgospelpop soulr&b
Discography
- Encore1958
- Songs by Sam Cooke1958
- Tribute to the Lady1959
- Cooke’s Tour1960
- I Thank God1960
- Hits of the 50’s1960
- My Kind of Blues1961
- Sam’s Songs1961
- Swing Low1961
- Twistin’ the Night Away1962
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,935
- Total plays
- 40,456
Tags
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This lanky pushover makes art for your ears using his cello and voice as core instruments for songwriting. Components of his style are pulled from classical music, pop, folk, avant-garde, world music, and jazz. Cooke’s recordings also employ piano and percussion. The piano was his first instrument, which he began playing at age 5, and picked up the cello at age 11. In a live setting, he accompanies himself using a loop pedal to layer his cello. Paying special attention to innovative meter <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Family name
- Cooke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Participant in
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- field hockey
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- date of birth
- 1952-03-06
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