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

February 01, 2013

1:06 PM
Sister Sadie
Artist : Horace Silver
Album : Blowin' The Blues Away
Catalog : 53422-2
Label : Blue Note
1:12 PM
Happy Times
Artist : Tim Hagans & Marcus Printup
Album : Hub Songs
Catalog : CDP 59509-2
Label : Blue Note
1:19 PM
The Music That Makes Me Dance
Artist : Shirley Horn
Album : You Won't Forget Me
Catalog : 847 482-2
Label : Verve
1:26 PM
Swing 59
Artist : The Nate Najar Trio
Album : Blues For Night People
Catalog : CCD 79992
Label : Candid
1:30 PM
A Walkin’ Thing
Artist : Benny Carter
Album : Jazz Giant
Catalog : OJCCD-167-2
Label : Pablo
1:39 PM
Tetragon
Artist : Paul Carr
Album : Standard Domain
Catalog : No Number
Label : PCJ
1:46 PM
The Lamp Is Low
Artist : Chris McNulty
Album : The Song That Sings You Here
Catalog : CR73341
Label : Challenge Records
1:54 PM
Cute
Artist : North America Jazz Alliance
Album : The Montreal Sessions
Catalog : CR73354
Label : Challenge Records
2:00 PM
Epistrophy
Artist : Thelonious Monk
Album : Monk's Music
Catalog : OJC-32689-02
Label : OJC Remasters
2:10 PM
Up In The Playroom
Artist : Organissimo
Album : Dedicated
Catalog : 2418
Label : Big O Records
2:17 PM
Mamacita
Artist : Jim Rotondi
Album : The Pleasure Dome
Catalog : CD-1029-2
Label : Sharp Nine Records
2:22 PM
Tony Bennett
Artist : Kevin Mahogany
Album : Old, New Borrowed & The Blues
Catalog : MJ1226
Label : Mahogany Jazz
2:27 PM
Oh Look At Me Now
Artist : Beegie Adair
Album : A Time For Love
Catalog : GHD5843
Label : Green Hill
2:31 PM
Barbados
Artist : Hank Jones & Frank Wess
Album : Hank & Frank
Catalog : LIN-103
Label : Lineage Records
2:39 PM
Chill
Artist : Joshua Redman
Album : Moodswing
Catalog : 45643-2
Label : Warner Bros.
2:47 PM
Mr. Brake
Artist : Arturo Stable
Album : Cuban Crosshatching
Catalog : 10084
Label : Self Release
2:53 PM
Still King
Artist : Illinois Jacquet
Album : The Blues; That's Me!
Catalog : OJCCD-614-2
Label : Prestige

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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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