Jesse Cook 出生于法國巴黎，父母為加拿大人，他早年成長于充滿文化藝術氛圍的法國南部和西班牙。3歲時就伴隨著他母親的Flamenco錄音彈奏一把玩具吉他。后隨父母返回加拿大，6歲時進入聞名遐邇的Eli Kassner吉他學院。在此后16年的學習生涯里他還在多倫多皇家音樂學院，約克大學，及波士頓的Berklee音樂學院深造過。Jesse Cook 還曾重返法國及西班牙去重新探索他童年時期充滿神秘的Flamenco，此間他遍訪生活于安達露西亞，科多巴，格拉那達和馬德里的吉他大師。返回加拿大后，他成為一個成功的作曲家，為舞蹈，劇院，多媒體，電視及電影創作，作品風格多變涉及古典及Rap。 by John Bush Canadian rumba flamenco artist Jesse Cook has blended the exotic Spanish music form with elements of new age, jazz, and easy listening on his releases for Narada Records. Signed to the label in 1994, he produced his debut, Tempest, one year later. Gravity, released in 1996, hit the Top Ten on the new age charts. Two years following, Vertigo was released and Free Fall appeared in mid-2000. In 2003 Nomad came out, followed by the live album Montréal in 2004. Though it was started conceptually in 2005, Cook didn't issue his next studio album, Frontiers, which marked a return to his initial simpler production style, until 2007.