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

September 07, 2012

1:06 PM
Sonny’s Step
Artist : The Phil Norman Tentet
Album : Encore
Catalog : MAA 1040
Label : Mama Records
1:11 PM
Straight Ahead
Artist : Kenny Dorham
Album : Una Mas
Catalog : 21228-2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:23 PM
Canadian Sunset
Artist : Connie Evingson
Album : Sweet Happy Life
Catalog : MM2009
Label : Minnehaha Music
1:29 PM
An Affair To Remember
Artist : Joe Alterman
Album : Give Me The Simple Life
Catalog : MHR-8619
Label : Miles High Records
1:34 PM
Sweet and Lovely
Artist : David Sills & Michael Kanan
Album : The Sweetest Melody
Catalog : GSR 009
Label : Gut String Records
1:40 PM
Jeannine
Artist : The Oster Welker Jazz Alliance
Album : Detour Ahead
Catalog : JM1051
Label : Jazzed Media
1:46 PM
Spiritual Nature
Artist : Donald Vega
Album : Spiritual Nature
Catalog : RCD-1019
Label : Resonace Records
1:52 PM
Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
Artist : John Lewis
Album : Grand Encounter
Catalog : CDP 7 46859-2
Label : Pacific Jazz
2:00 PM
Four
Artist : Sonny Rollins
Album : A Night At The Village Vanguard
Catalog : 99795-2
Label : Blue Note Records
2:09 PM
First Flight
Artist : The Pete McGuinnes Jazz Orchestra
Album : First Flight
Catalog : DCD 481
Label : Summit Records
2:16 PM
Dapper Dan
Artist : Dr. Lonnie Smith
Album : The Healer
Catalog : PCD001
Label : Pilgrimage
2:25 PM
Tell Me More And More And Then Some
Artist : Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Album : Live
Catalog : 60312
Label : PRA Records
2:28 PM
Broken Heart
Artist : Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Album : Multiverse
Catalog : JH1193
Label : Jazzheads
2:38 PM
B.B.M.
Artist : Bill Cantrall & Axiom
Album : Axiom
Catalog : 47417
Label : Upswing
2:46 PM
Comes Love
Artist : Tierney Sutton
Album : Something Cool
Catalog : CD-83548
Label : Telarc
2:51 PM
I’ll Remember April
Artist : The Modern Jazz Quartet
Album : The Artistry of the Modern Jazz Quartet
Catalog : FCD-60-016
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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