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Jazz Heritage Series Airs May 24-26 on KIOS

The Jazz Heritage Series featuring the United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note with special guests will air on three consecutive afternoons May 24-26 at 2 p.m.

The first program will be broadcast Wednesday May 24 and will have special guest Steve Turre, one of the jazz world's leading trombonists. Pianist Cyrus Chestnut will take the stage on Thursday May 25, and trumpeter Terell Stafford will be the guest for the final concert on Friday May 26.

Join us for this stellar concert series broadcast throughout the U.S. and Canada. It's the perfect way to lead into your Memorial Day weekend activities here on Omaha Public Radio, 91.5 KIOS FM and streaming online at www.kios.org.

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Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.