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 06, 2013

1:06 PM
Grantstand
Artist : Grant Green
Album : Grantstand
Catalog : 80913-2
Label : Blue Note
1:15 PM
Souls Valley
Artist : UCF Jazz Ensemble 1 and Jazz Workshop
Album : The Blues Is Alright
Catalog : FHR010513CD
Label : Flying Horse records
1:20 PM
Better To Have Loved
Artist : Karen Marguth
Album : A Way With Words
Catalog : WM131
Label : Way Fae
1:27 PM
Wig Wise
Artist : Terri Lyne Carrington
Album : Money Jungle:Provacitive In Blue
Catalog : CJA-34026-02
Label : Concord Jazz
1:33 PM
Lullaby For The Naive Ones
Artist : Anat Cohen
Album : Notes FRom The village
Catalog : ANZ-1302
Label : Anzic Records
1:41 PM
The Maze
Artist : Herbie Hancock
Album : Takin' Off
Catalog : 92757-2
Label : Blue Note
1:48 PM
Early Departure
Artist : Stockton Helbing
Album : Crazy Aquarius
Catalog : ARCD8023
Label : Armored Records
1:54 PM
Butterbean
Artist : Ian-Hendrickson Smith
Album : The Soul Of My Alto
Catalog : CL072512
Label : Cellar Live
2:00 PM
Dragonfly’s Glasses
Artist : Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra
Album : Bloom
Catalog : 1025
Label : Nineteen-Eight Records
2:09 PM
Beautiful Day
Artist : Larry Bailleau & The Latin Jazz collective
Album : Carmen's Mambo
Catalog : 22098
Label : OA2
2:14 PM
Ain’t Nothin’ New
Artist : Lewis Nash Quintet
Album : The Highest Mountain
Catalog : CL091811
Label : Cellar Live
2:24 PM
Duck Before You Drown
Artist : Dinah Washington
Album : Back To The Blues
Catalog : 54334-2
Label : Roulette
2:26 PM
When Lights Are Low
Artist : Benny Carter
Album : BBB&Co.
Catalog : OJCCD-758-2
Label : Swingville
2:31 PM
Day Dreamer
Artist : Inbar Fridman
Album : Time Quartet Project
Catalog : 82630
Label : Origin
2:41 PM
Jackie McLean
Artist : Benny Green
Album : Magic Beans
Catalog : SSC 1338
Label : Sunnyside
2:46 PM
Hip Strut
Artist : Jackie McLean
Album : New Soil
Catalog : 84013-2
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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