Jazz in the Afternoon with Mike Jacobs

Wednesdays and Fridays, 1pm - 3pm

For over thirty years, Jazz in the Afternoon has brought you mainstream jazz here on KIOS FM. Every Tuesday-Friday from 1:00-3:00PM Chris Cooke and Mike Jacobs present the wide spectrum of jazz recordings dating back to the "golden age" of jazz in the 1920's through it's evolution in swing, bop, Latin and other styles right up to today's new releases.  We also have a strong commitment to keeping you up to date on the local scene bringing you artists from the Omaha,  Council Bluffs and Lincoln areas and partnering with local non-profit organizations to publicize major jazz concerts in our area with music and interviews. Straight-ahead and in the pocket. Jazz in the Afternoon is your ticket to great jazz music during the weekdays here at KIOS. Have a question or comment? Write us at jazz@kios.org

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Playlist

May 22, 2013

1:06 PM
Sister Sadie
Artist : Horace Silver
Album : Blowin' The Blues Away
Catalog : 53422-2
Label : Blue Note
1:12 PM
Fun
Artist : Dave Stryker
Album : Blue To The Bone IV
Catalog : SCCD 31755
Label : Steeplechase
1:21 PM
Eddieish
Artist : The Don Braden / Julie Michels Project
Album : Come Together
Catalog : JHP 1001 / CPM 1003
Label : JHP
1:26 PM
Ralph’s New Blues
Artist : The Modern Jazz Quartet
Album : Concorde
Catalog : PRCD-30653
Label : Prestige
1:33 PM
Up A Creek
Artist : Swingadelic
Album : Toussaintville
Catalog : ZM 201306
Label : Zoho
1:39 PM
Darn That Dream
Artist : Sarah Vaughan
Album : No Count Sarah / After Hours at The London House
Catalog : 8892852
Label : MasterJazz Records
1:43 PM
When Sunny Gets Blue
Artist : Dave Valentin
Album : Pure Imagination
Catalog : HCD 7221
Label : HighNote
1:49 PM
Chief Crazy Horse
Artist : Wayne Shorter
Album : Adam's Apple
Catalog : 80912-2
Label : Blue Note
2:00 PM
The Movement, Revisited
Artist : Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Album : People Music
Catalog : MAC 1070
Label : Mack Avenue
2:09 PM
Higher Calling
Artist : Jim Rotondi and The Loop
Album : Hard Hittin' At The Bird's Eye
Catalog : 1050-2
Label : Sharp Nine Records
2:19 PM
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Artist : Cecile McLorin Salvant
Album : Woman Child
Catalog : MAC 1072
Label : Mack Avenue
2:27 PM
Song For Maria
Artist : The Jay D’Amico Quintet
Album : Tango Caliente
Catalog : 1034
Label : CAP
2:33 PM
I Love You
Artist : The Village Vanguard Orchestra
Album : Forever Lasting: Live In Tokyo
Catalog : 101116
Label : Planet Arts
2:42 PM
The Meaning Of The Blues
Artist : Joe Locke
Album : Lay Down My Heart
Catalog : MTM-121
Label : Motema
2:47 PM
The Green Door
Artist : Barbara Morrison
Album : A Sunday Kind Of Love
Catalog : SCD 2128
Label : Savant
2:52 PM
Eclipso
Artist : Lee Morgan
Album : The Rumproller
Catalog : 21229-2
Label : Blue Note

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4:40 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Paul Serrato interview 2/10/2012

Mike Jacobs interviews jazz pianist and composer Paul Serrato about his career and his new release, "Alternations: Solo and Collective Expressions".  

(apologies for the sound quality of the second half of  the interview  -MH)

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12:05 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Jazz CD of The Month: Chick Corea / Eddie Gomez / Paul Motian / Further Explorations / Concord

Another one of those live recordings that lets you feel that you are there.  Further Explorations is a 2 CD celebration of the music of Bill Evans with two of the former band mates of Evans on stage. There's Eddie Gomez, the legendary bassist who was with the Bill Evans trio for eleven years, 1966-1977.  Paul Motian is also on the stage, one of the most influential jazz drummers of the last 50 years who was with Evans from 1959 through 1964 .  Chick Corea, one of the most dynamic and creative pianists in all of jazz since Evans, joins Gomez and Motian.

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12:42 am
Thu January 26, 2012

Mike's Jazz in the Afternoon Top Ten list of 2011

Artist / CD Title / Record Label
Giacomo Gates / The Revolution Will Be Jazz / Savant
Jessica Williams / Freedom Trane / Origin Records
Kurt Elling / The Gate / Concord Jazz
Bobby Sanabria / Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! / Jazzheads
Orrin Evans / Captain Black Big Band / Posi-Tone
Westchester Jazz Orch. / Maiden Voyage Suite / WJO
Tom Harrell / The Time Of The Sun / HighNote
Arturo O'Farrill / 40 Acres And A Burro / Zoho
Judy Wexler / Under A Painted Sky / Jazzed Media
One For All / Invades Vancouver / Cellar Live

Album Reviews
5:49 pm
Tue January 24, 2012

Jazz CD of the Month: Jimmy Owens / The Monk Project/ IPO Recordings

Trumpeter and flugelhornist Jimmy Owens, an NEA Jazz Master, has gathered an outstanding septet to reinterpret the Thelonious Monk Songbook on The Monk Project, just released on IPO Recordings.This is Owens debut as a leader and he has the backing of fellow NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron at the piano, Wycliffe Gordon- trombone, Marcus Strickland- tenor sax, Howard Johnson- tuba and baritone sax, Kenny Davis-bass and Winard Harper-drums.Highlights include a Latin take on Well You Needn't, a gutbucket blues arrangement of Blue Monk and Let's Cool One arranged as a waltz with Owens playin

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