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October 18, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on KDVS 90.3 FM, in Davis, CA.
September 6, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on CKCU 93.1 FM, in Ottawa, Canada.
July 19, 2007
Cooke Quintet performs live and does an interview on
KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills, CA.
July 12, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on WNMC 90.7 FM, in Traverse City, MI.
June 22, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on KPSU 1450 AM, in Portland, OR.
June 9, 2007
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra premieres
Ha-Me'aggel for Orchestra, Ha-Me'aggel first recorded on
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet.
Made possible by a Creative Connections Award from
Meet The Composer.
May 1, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on WHFR 89.3FM, in Dearborn, MI.
April 24, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on KSJS 90.5 FM in San Jose, CA; KZSU
90.1 in Stanford, CA; and WFMU 91.1 in the New York
City area and 90.1 FM in the Hudson Valley.
April 21, 2007
Michael Cooke does an interview on Radio-G 101.5 FM
on Taran's free jazz show in Angers, France.
April 19, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
is ranked #3 on the Jazz playlist of KUSF 90.3, in San
Francisco, CA and WPRB 103.3 in Princeton, NJ.
March 25, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on KSJS 90.5 in San Jose, CA; KBGA 89.9
in Missoula, MT; WUOG 90.5 in Athens, GA; and
Radio-G 101.5 in Angers, France.
March 15, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on KFJC 89.7, in SF bay area, CA; WCBN
88.3, in Ann Arbor, MI; ranked #2 on the Jazz playlist of
WRUV 90.1, in Burlington, VT; WVFS 89.7, in
Tallahassee, FL; WWUH 91.3, in Hartford, CT;
WXDU 88.7, in Durham, NC.
March 10, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
can be heard on CHRW 94.9, in London, Canada (#7 on
their Jazz playlist); CKUW 95.9, in Winnipeg, Canada.
March 2, 2007
an indefinite suspension of the possible by Cooke Quintet
is ranked #2 on the Jazz Top 10 on WNUR 89.3, in
Chicago, Il.
Feb 1, 2007
Black Hat Records' long awaited fourth CD, an indefinite
suspension of the possible, by Cooke Quintet was released.
Cooke Quintet's an indefinite suspension of the possible
becomes available on iTunes & NorthCountry Distributors.
June 1, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is becomes available on iTunes.
May 14, 2005
You can hear The Is on WTUL 91.5 in New Orleans, LA.
Apirl 21, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is added on WBOI-FFM 89.1 in Fort
Wayne, IN.
Apirl 1, 2005
Cadence Magazine publishes an interview with Michael
Cooke on page 35-37.
March 26, 2005
You can hear The Is on KVRX-FM 91.7 in Austin, Texas.
March 12, 2005
You can hear The Is on CKUW-FM 95.9 in Winnipeg,
Canada.
February 17, 2005
Cooke Quartet's Searching added on WQRZ 103.5 FM
in Bay Saint Louis, Ms.
February 15, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is added on WXYC 89.3 in Chapel
Hill, NC.
February 12, 2005
You can hear The Is on Radio-G 101.5 FM on
Taran's free jazz hour in Angers, France.
February 8, 2005
You can hear The Is on WFMU 91.1 FM & 90.1 FM
in New York City/Hudson Valley area.
February 7, 2005
CKW Trio performs live and does an interview on
KUSF 90.3 FM in San Francisco on Prem's show.
January 29, 2005
You can hear The Is on WVOF 88.5 in Fairfield, CT
on "The Upper Room with Jim Kelley" show.
January 24, 2005
CKW Trio performs live and does an interview on
KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills, CA and is the most
played CD that week.
January 16, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is 11th most played CD on WXDU 88.7
in Durham, NC.
January 12, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is added on KASU 91.9 in Jonesboro,
AR.
January 5, 2005
You can hear The Is on WREK 91.1 FM in Atlanta, GA.
January 3, 2005
CKW Trio's The Is added on KZSU 90.1 in Stanford, CA.
December 16, 2004
CKW Trio's The Is added on KSJS 90.5 in San Jose, CA.
December 13, 2004
You can hear The Is on KSGR in Woodacre, CA.
December 7, 2004
CKW Trio's The Is ranked #2 on the Weekly Top 10 on
WNUR 89.3 FM in Chicago, Il.
December 6, 2004
You can hear The Is on KFAI, 90.3 FM in Minneapolis
and 106.7 FM in St. Paul on One Final Note.
November 30, 2004
You can hear The Is on "Blue Lake Public Radio" in
Michigan.
November 1, 2004
Black Hat Records' signs a distribution deal with
NorthCountry Distributors, Redwood, NY 13679
October 18, 2004
Black Hat Records' third CD, The Is, was released
October 4, 2003
"Fifteen" performed by CKW Trio is released on KFJC's
Live From The Devil's Triangle, Volume 6 a two CD
compilation set.
June 23, 2003
CKW Trio performs live and does an interview on KFJC
89.7.
June 1, 2003
Michael Cooke does an online interview on Latch Music
ezine.
March 23, 2003
You can hear Searching and Statements on Auckland
96.8 FM, Wellington 107.3 FM, Hamilton 107.3 FM,
Queenstown 93.6 FM, Sky Digital Channel 104 in
New Zealand on "It's A Jazz Thing" radio show.
March 16, 2003
You can hear Statements on WREK 91.1 FM in Atlanta,
GA.
February 3, 2003
You can hear Statements on KSCP 88.7 FM in Claremont,
CA (L. A. area).
January 24, 2003
You can hear Statements on WBLV FM 90.3 and WBLU
FM 88.9 in Michigan.
November 11, 2002
You can hear Searching and Statements on RCV 99 FM
in Lille, France on "My Favorite Things" radio show.
October 23, 2002
Michael Cooke performs live on KZSU 90.1 with
Shoko Hikage.
August 20, 2002
Radio stations across the country join Black Hat Records in
the Jos Claerbout Coast to Coast Radio Memorial by
playing "Early Exit" off Statements.
June 14, 2002
You can hear Statements on KUSF 90.3 FM in
San Francisco, CA.
April 21, 2002
You can hear Searching and Statements on WVOF 88.5
in Fairfield, CT on "The Upper Room with Jim Kelley"
show.
April 5, 2002
The enhanced numbered limited edition version of
Statements, Black Hat Records' second CD
was released.
Dec. 18, 2001
Statements, Black Hat Records' second CD was released
on MP3.com.
Sept. 6, 2001
"Nikita" was selected for "Online Artist Network Jazz Vol.
1" compilation CD.
July 31, 2000
You can hear Searching on KLFM in Bendigo, Victoria,
Australia; and Community Radio 2BBB-FM in Bellingen,
Australia.
May 31, 2000
You can hear Searching on KGHP in Gig Harbor, WA
and KASU, 91.9 in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
March 29, 2000
You can hear Searching on Radio Penguin in Novosibirsk,
Russia.
March 16, 2000
You can hear Searching on KZSU 90.1 FM in Palo Alto,
CA.
Feb. 18, 2000
Black Hat Records signs a distribution deal with the Jazz
Loft which is the best place to get truly independent Jazz.
Jan. 17, 2000
Searching goes international getting airplay on: RadioJ
(CKUM-FM) 93.5 Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada;
Radio Tartini, 102.8 MHz Piran, Slovenia; 101.3 FM
Bryansk, Russia
Nov. 29, 1999
You can hear Searching on WBMT 88.3 in Boxford, MA.
Nov. 15, 1999
You can hear Searching on KSAK 90.1 in Walnut, CA
(L. A. area) and WOCR-FM in Olivet, Michigan.
Nov. 02, 1999
Black Hat Records is proud to announce that Searching
has broken into Amazon.com's Top 100 Best Selling
Independent Jazz albums at 96.
Sept. 05, 1999
"Searching" (the song) was selected for Riffage's 150 best
MP3s of the web CD which a 250,000 copies were
pressed.
Sept. 01, 1999
Searching , Black Hat Records' first CD was officially
released. Distributed by The Orchard (Valley Media) and
Amazon.