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 18, 2013

1:06 PM
Soul Sister
Artist : Dexter Gordon
Album : Dexter Calling
Catalog : 92420 2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:13 PM
Senor Mouse
Artist : Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Album : Act Your Age
Catalog : 281147-2
Label : Immergent
1:20 PM
Moonray
Artist : Rene’ Marie
Album : Vertigo
Catalog : MXJ 114
Label : MaxJazz
1:27 PM
Blues For Alice
Artist : Mort Weiss
Album : I'll Be Seeing You
Catalog : 03172
Label : SMS Jazz
1:31 PM
I Can’t Get Started
Artist : Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh
Album : Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh
Catalog : PWR 27236
Label : Poll Winners Records
1:38 PM
Havana Lights
Artist : Arturo Stable
Album : Cuban Crosshatching
Catalog : 10084
Label : Independent
1:44 PM
Along Came Betty
Artist : Mark Murphy
Album : Jazz Standards
Catalog : 32063
Label : 32 Jazz
1:49 PM
Funky Straight
Artist : Derrick Gardner and The Jazz Prophets
Album : A Ride To The Other Side...
Catalog : 00121
Label : Owl Studios
2:00 PM
Donald Duck
Artist : Don Patterson
Album : Legends Of Acid Jazz: Hammond Heroes
Catalog : PRCD-24196-2
Label : Prestige
2:06 PM
Roots
Artist : Sean Jones
Album : Roots
Catalog : MAC 1031
Label : Mack Avenue Records
2:13 PM
Hanabi
Artist : UoU
Album : Take the 7 Train
Catalog : TIP1112
Label : Tippin' Records
2:21 PM
Superstition
Artist : Patty Cronheim
Album : Days Like These
Catalog : SSR-9
Label : Say So Records
2:25 PM
Let’s Get Lost
Artist : Beegie Adair
Album : A Time For Love
Catalog : GHD5843
Label : Green Hill
2:29 PM
Django
Artist : Nate Najar Trio
Album : Blues For Night People
Catalog : CCD 79992
Label : Candid
2:38 PM
Power To The People
Artist : Joe Chambers
Album : Moving Pictures Orchestra
Catalog : SCD 2120
Label : Savant Records
2:46 PM
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Artist : John Proulx
Album : The Best Thing For You
Catalog : MXJ 508
Label : MaxJazz
2:51 PM
Mean What You ay
Artist : The Peter Leitch Quartet
Album : Mean What You Say
Catalog : CCD-4417
Label : Concord Jazz

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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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