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 26, 2012

1:06 PM
Royston Rumble
Artist : Tia Fuller
Album : Angelic Warrior
Catalog : 1068
Label : Mack Avenue Records
1:12 PM
Succotash
Artist : Herbie Hancock
Album : Inventions & Dimensions
Catalog : 63798 2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:22 PM
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Artist : Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet
Album : Hustlin' For A Gig
Catalog : No Number
Label : HouseKat Records
1:26 PM
Blues At 11
Artist : Deanna Bogart
Album : Pianoland
Catalog : BPCD 5148
Label : Blind Pig Records
1:29 PM
Bye-bye Blackbird
Artist : Ben Webter & Oscar Peterson
Album : Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
Catalog : 314 521 448-2
Label : Verve
1:39 PM
Evidence
Artist : Steve Lacy & Don Cherry
Album : Evidence
Catalog : PWR 27289
Label : Poll Winners Records
1:44 PM
Cachita
Artist : Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Album : Multiverse
Catalog : JH1193
Label : Jazzheads
1:54 PM
Let’s Get Five
Artist : Nobuki Takamen
Album : Three Wishes
Catalog : DCD 594
Label : Summit Records
2:01 PM
Mela
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Esperanza
Catalog : HUCD 3140
Label : Heads Up
2:08 PM
Mitsuru
Artist : Clifton Anderson
Album : And So We Carry On
Catalog : DDRLP1013
Label : Daywood Drive
2:13 PM
Blues Connotation
Artist : Lewis Nash Quintet
Album : The Highest Mountain
Catalog : CL091811
Label : Cellar Live
2:22 PM
Once In Awhile
Artist : Johnny Hartman
Album : Unforgettable
Catalog : IMPD-152
Label : Impulse
2:25 PM
Esquire Swank
Artist : Mark Masters Ensemble
Album : Ellington Saxophone Encounters
Catalog : 74118-2
Label : Capri Records
2:32 PM
I’m Bringing A Red Red Rose
Artist : Dan Block
Album : Duality
Catalog : 25062
Label : Miles High Records
2:38 PM
The Song Of Loving-Kindness
Artist : Gary Bartz
Album : The Blues Chronicles: Tales Of Life
Catalog : 82893-2
Label : Atlantic
2:45 PM
Jive Samba
Artist : Cannonball Adderly Sextet
Album : Greatest Hits: The Riverside Years
Catalog : MCD-9275-2
Label : Milestone

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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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