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

October 26, 2012

1:06 PM
Father
Artist : Graham Dechter
Album : Takin' It There
Catalog : 74117-2
Label : Capri Records
1:13 PM
If Ever I Would Leave You
Artist : Bobby Hutcherson
Album : The Kicker
Catalog : 7243 5 21437 2 6
Label : Blue Note
1:26 PM
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Artist : Fred Hersch Trio
Album : Alive At The Vanguard
Catalog : 2159
Label : Palmetto
1:32 PM
Autumn Leaves
Artist : Patricia Barber
Album : Nightclub
Catalog : 27290
Label : Blue Note/Premonition
1:40 PM
Esquire Swank
Artist : Mark Masters Ensemble
Album : Ellington Saxophone Encounters
Catalog : 74118-2
Label : Capri Records
1:47 PM
Goodbye
Artist : Lewis Nash Quintet
Album : The Highest Mountain
Catalog : 91611
Label : Cellar Live
2:00 PM
The Eyes Have It
Artist : Dave Holland Quintet
Album : Critical Mass
Catalog : 3058
Label : Dare 2 Records
2:07 PM
Conquistador
Artist : Ed Byrne’s Latin Jazz Evolution
Album : Conquistador
Label : Independent Release
2:13 PM
Carribean Fire Dance
Artist : Joe Henderson
Album : Mode For Joe
Catalog : 7 243 5 80909 2 5
Label : Blue Note
2:23 PM
You Send Me
Artist : Kurt Elling
Album : 1619 Broadway
Catalog : 33959-02
Label : Concord Jazz
2:28 PM
Royston Rumble
Artist : Tia Fuller
Album : Angelic Warrior
Catalog : 1068
Label : Mack Avenue
2:34 PM
You Don’t Know What Love Is
Artist : Ed Cherry
Album : It's All Good
Catalog : 8102
Label : Positone
2:43 PM
Stompin’ At The Savoy
Artist : Chick Webb
Album : Stompin' At The Savoy
Catalog : 119
Label : Fabulous Records
2:46 PM
Air Mail Special
Artist : Teddy Charles
Album : Salute To Hamp
Catalog : 79848
Label : Bethlehem Archives
2:51 PM
Autumn In Washington Square
Artist : Dave Brubeck
Album : Jazz Impressions Of New York
Catalog : 46189
Label : Columbia

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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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