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 23, 2013

1:06 PM
Lit By Lightning
Artist : Nick Finzer
Album : Exposition
Catalog : OIM 1201
Label : Outside In Music
1:12 PM
Carmen’s Mambo
Artist : Larry Barilleau & The Latin Jazz Collective
Album : Carmen's Mambo
Catalog : 22098
Label : OA2 Records
1:21 PM
Afterglow
Artist : Karen Marguth
Album : A Way With Words
Catalog : WM131
Label : Wayfae Music
1:26 PM
Very Early
Artist : Tardo Hammer
Album : Tardo's Tempo
Catalog : 1028-2
Label : Sarp Nine
1:31 PM
Elegy
Artist : Victor Feldman
Album : Suite Sixteen
Catalog : OJCCD-1768-2
Label : Contemporary Records
1:37 PM
Chitlins Con Carne
Artist : Kenny Burrell
Album : Midnight Blue
Catalog : 953352
Label : Blue Note
1:42 PM
A Distant View
Artist : Jim Ketch
Album : A Distant View
Catalog : DCD 581
Label : Summit Records
1:51 PM
Go Go Go
Artist : James Danderfer presents The Hummingbird Brigade
Album : James Danderfer presents The Hummingbird Brigade
Catalog : RP061112
Label : Reigning Parade
2:00 PM
(The Home Of) Happy Feet
Artist : The Jazz Professors
Album :
Catalog : FHR010413CD
Label : Flying Horse
2:05 PM
K.D’s Motion
Artist : Kenny Dorham
Album : Afro-Cuban
Catalog : 92744-2
Label : Blue Note Records
2:11 PM
Bloom
Artist : Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra
Album : Bloom
Catalog : 1025
Label : Nineteen-Eight Records
2:25 PM
Redshift
Artist : Patricia Barber
Album : Smash
Catalog : CJA-33676-02
Label : Concord Jazz
2:29 PM
Bouncing With Bud
Artist : James Sanders
Album : Blue Violin
Catalog : 2004
Label : Amadeo Records
2:33 PM
Acoustic
Artist : Inbar Fridman
Album : Time Quartet Prject
Catalog : 82630
Label : Origin Records
2:42 PM
Night Train
Artist : Jimmy Forrest
Album : Heart Of The Forrest
Catalog : MCD 5509
Label : Muse Records
2:47 PM
Satin Doll
Artist : Andy Bey
Album : American Song
Catalog : SVY 17330
Label : Savy Jazz
2:52 PM
Ceviche
Artist : Arturo O’Farrill
Album : Risa Nega
Catalog : ZM 200910
Label : Zoho Music

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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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