Spokane Symphony trumpeter Chris Cook, daughter make joyful online noise

Chris Cook, a longtime trumpeter with the Spokane Symphony and Spokane's poet laureate, and his daughter, the comedian Kelsey Cook, have teamed up to produce a series of fun videos that are very popular on Instagram. Chris plays the trumpet along to songs requested by Kelsey's Insta followers, and they make these brief little videos. He's played DMX, Jay Z, Johnny Cash, Dave Mathews Band -- a wide range of styles.

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Sun., Jan. 10, 2021

Trumpeter Chris. Cook, right, plays along with a song playing on his computer while being filmed by his daughter Kelsey, no shown, in his Spokane apartment Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Kelsey, a stand-up comedian, has started a series of Instagram videos of her dad, a Spokane Symphony brass player, playing along with pop hits and the two are continuing the series as a pandemic project because of the popularity.

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Trumpeter Chris. Cook, right, plays along with a song playing on his computer while being filmed by his daughter Kelsey, left, in his Spokane apartment Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Kelsey, a stand-up comedian, has started a series of Instagram videos of her dad, a Spokane Symphony brass player, playing along with pop hits and the two are continuing the series as a pandemic project because of the popularity.

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Trumpeter Chris Cook, right, and his daughter, Kelsey, are shown before recording some music videos in his apartment Thursday.

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Trumpeter Chris. Cook, right, and his daughter, Kelsey Cook, left, are shown before recording some music videos in his Spokane apartment Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Kelsey, a stand-up comedian, has started a series of Instagram videos of her dad, a Spokane Symphony brass player, playing along with pop hits and the two are continuing the series as a pandemic project because of the popularity.

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Trumpeter Chris Cook prepares to be filmed by his daughter, Kelsey, in his Spokane apartment Thursday. Kelsey, a stand-up comedian, has started a series of Instagram videos of her dad, a Spokane Symphony brass player.

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