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

January 02, 2013

1:06 PM
Four
Artist : The Miles Davis Quintet
Album : Workin'
Catalog : PRCD-30080-2
Label : Prestige
1:13 PM
Buh’s Bossa
Artist : Ray Barretto
Album : Homage To Art
Catalog : SSC 1105
Label : Sunnyside
1:21 PM
Love Me Or Leave Me
Artist : Anita O’Day
Album : Anita Sings The Most
Catalog : 829 577-2
Label : Verve
1:23 PM
Ghost Of A Chance
Artist : Jordan Young
Album : Cymbal Melodies
Catalog : PR8101
Label : Posi-Tone Records
1:29 PM
Song Of We
Artist : Anthony Branker & Ascent
Album : Together
Catalog : 82627
Label : Origin Records
1:37 PM
Nomad
Artist : Grant Green
Album : Idle Moments
Catalog : 99003-2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:49 PM
Dreamsville
Artist : Monica Mancini with Curtis Stigers
Album : Voices of Concord Jazz: Live At Montreux
Catalog : CCD2-2246-2
Label : Concord Jazz
1:53 PM
Song For Nana
Artist : Claudio Roditi
Album : Braziliance X4
Catalog : HCD 2002
Label : Resonance Records
2:01 PM
The Lineup
Artist : One For All
Album : The Lineup
Catalog : CD-1037-2
Label : Sharp Nine Records
2:10 PM
Soemthing Grand
Artist : Hilton Ruiz Sextet
Album : Live At Birdland
Catalog : CCD-79532
Label : Candid
2:16 PM
Come Out And Play
Artist : Rufus Reid Quintet
Album : Live At The Kennedy Center
Catalog : MTM-00009
Label : Motema
2:22 PM
Take Love Easy
Artist : Shirley Horn
Album : May The Msic Never End
Catalog : 440 076 028-2
Label : Verve
2:27 PM
Souvenir
Artist : Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
Album : Sharks & Manatees
Catalog : DR507
Label : Dazzle Records
2:37 PM
The Lion’s Roar
Artist : Leo Parker
Album : Rollin' With Leo
Catalog : CDP 7 84095-2
Label : Blue Note Records
2:41 PM
Blues In The Closet
Artist : Frank KimbroughTrio
Album : Live At Kitano
Catalog : PM 2161
Label : Palmetto Records
2:51 PM
Day In Day Out
Artist : Carmen McRae
Album : Live At The Flamingo
Catalog : AMACD014
Label : Acrobat Music
2:53 PM
Here’s That Rainy Day
Artist : Stan Getz
Album : Getz/Gilberto #2
Catalog : B0011178-02
Label : Verve

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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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