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Jazz Calendar (Updated 5 / 23 / 2013)

Chris Cooke — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

The acclaimed Playing with Fire Concert series will bring world-class blues, jazz and funk to the River's Edge Park in Council Bluffs on May 27. The headliner for this Playing with Fire concert is Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Also appearing is special guest Vintage Trouble. To complement the headliners, Omaha’s own Satchel Grande and Mojo Bag, will open the show at 4 pm. Guests will enjoy a special appearance from harmonious and soulful M2J. The concert is open to the public.

Jazz In The Afternoon Rotation

Chris Cooke — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:04:46 +0000

WEEK OF: May 19, 2013

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

Last Call Rotation

Chris Cooke — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:07:00 +0000

Week Of May 19, 2013

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

Last Call Artist Spotlight: Gretchen Parlato

Chris Cooke — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:33:16 +0000

Vocalist Gretchen Parlato will perform in Omaha at the 1200 Club at the Holland on May 11th. This is the first Omaha concert for the rising vocal star, whose 2011 effort "The Lost And Found" was the #1 Jazz CD of the year as awarded by this program. Click on the link to listen to an interview with Gretchen Parlato.(Recording Engineer: Mike Hansen.)

For more information about Parlato's concert in Omaha you may visit omahaperformingarts.org

Here is the review of the record from our archives:

The Jimi You Never Knew

Mike Jacobs — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:47:23 +0000

2-HOUR Jimi Hendrix Special:
"The Jimi You Never Knew"
Sunday May 5th at 7:00PM

KIOS BLUES CHART APRIL 2013

Mike Jacobs — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:52:32 +0000

1.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / JUST FOR TODAY / STONY PLAIN
2.THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND / INDEPENDENTLY BLUE / STONY PLAIN
3.TINSLEY ELLIS / GET IT! / HAERTFIXER
4.JIMI HENDRIX / PEOPLE, HELL AND ANGELS / EXPERIENCE HENDRIX
5.THE JAMES HUNTER SIX / MINUTE BY MINUTE / FANTASY
6.THE HONEYBOY TUNER BAND / BILLIARD PLAYIN' MAMA / SELF RELEASE
7.JOHN PRIMER & BOB CORRITORE / KNOCKIN' AROUND THESE BLUES / DELTA GROOVE
8.MIGHTY MOJO PROPHETS / FLYIN' HOME FROM MEMPHIS / DELTA GROOVE
9.MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / BE SOMEBODY / FINEDOG

Jazz CD of the Month: Christian McBride & Inside Straight / People Music / Mack Ave.

Mike Jacobs — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:30:52 +0000

The new release from bassist and bandleader McBride is a straight-ahead affair with an acoustic group consisting of Steve Wilson on alto sax, Warren Wolf on vibes , Peter Martin on six of the eight tracks on piano with Christian Sands on the others. Carl Allen handles the drum duties on most of the session and Ulysses Owens Jr. filling in on two tracks.

SFJazz Center Opening Night Concert

Mike Jacobs — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:44:59 +0000

For Jazz Appreciation Month, KIOS presents the SFJazz Center Opening Night Concert on Wednesday April 17th at 8:00PM. San Francisco has been a jazz hot spot for decades and now the city is home to the first stand-alone building built specifically for jazz. It's the new 700 seat SFJazz Center.

Jazz Release Of The Month: Miles Davis Quintet/Live In Europe 1969/Columbia/Legacy

Chris Cooke — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:34:55 +0000

The music of Miles Davis was changing dramatically in the late 1960s. Most fans of the legendary trumpeter know that in 1969 he recorded Bitches Brew, the hugely successful dawn of jazz-rock that was one of the best selling jazz records ever released. Lesser known is the working unit that Miles took with him on the road was one of the most artistically daring and visionary bands that Miles ever led. Recordings of that outfit have recently surfaced and have been released on a multi-disc set, Live In Europe 1969, The Complete Bootleg Sessions Vol. 2.

IN MEMORY OF DONALD BYRD

Rick Erben — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:11:48 +0000

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, known as Donald Byrd, passed away February 4, 2013 at the age of eighty. Byrd was a superb trumpet player whose music spanned a period of some five deacdes. After playing with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school and service in the United States Air Force, Byrd completed his bachelor's degree in music at Wayne State University in 1954 and moved to New York in 1955 to get his master's at the Manhattan School of Music.