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

November 02, 2012

1:06 PM
Bronze Dance
Artist : Donald Byrd
Album : Byrd In Hand
Catalog : 42305-2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:12 PM
The Jugular
Artist : Greg Skaff
Album : 116th & Park
Catalog : ZM 201208
Label : Zoho Music
1:20 PM
Almost Like Being In Love
Artist : Chris Connor
Album : Chris Connor / He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Catalog : COL-CD-6239
Label : Collectables
1:22 PM
My Muse
Artist : George Cables
Album : My Muse
Catalog : HCD 7244
Label : HighNote Records
1:27 PM
Of One’s Own
Artist : Jeff Holmes Quartet
Album : Of One's Own
Catalog : MHR 8621
Label : Miles High Records
1:37 PM
Bernie’s Tune
Artist : The Phil Norman Tentet
Album : Encore
Catalog : MAA 1040
Label : Mama Records
1:43 PM
They Knew
Artist : Jerry Bergonzi
Album : Shifting Gears
Catalog : SCD 2123
Label : Savant Records
1:50 PM
Where Or When
Artist : Madeline Eastman
Album : The Speed Of Life
Catalog : MKCD 1009
Label : Mad Kat Records
2:01 PM
The Rev And I
Artist : Phil Woods featuring Johnny Griffin
Album : The Rev And I
Catalog : 94100-2
Label : Blue Note Records
2:07 PM
Happy Days
Artist : Jeff Hamilton with the Depaul University Jazz Ensemble
Album : Time Passes On
Catalog : JM1059
Label : Jazzed Media
2:13 PM
Night Song
Artist : Harold Mabern
Album : Mr. Lucky
Catalog : HCD 7237
Label : HighNote Records
2:23 PM
Stardust
Artist : Helen Humes
Album : 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Catalog : OJCCD-453-2
Label : Contemporary
2:28 PM
The Song Is You
Artist : Oscar Peterson
Album : Plays The Jerome Kern Song Book
Catalog : B0012703-02
Label : Verve
2:31 PM
Man In The Mirror
Artist : Russ Nolan
Album : Tell Me
Catalog : 04660-1
Label : Rhinocerruss Music
2:37 PM
Who’s Got You?
Artist : Bobby Hutcherson
Album : Skyline
Catalog : 314 559 616-2
Label : Verve
2:45 PM
Out Of This World
Artist : Hope Morgan
Album : It's About Time
Catalog : 65656
Label : HLM Music
2:50 PM
Appointment In Ghana
Artist : Jackie McLean
Album : Jackie's Bag
Catalog : 42303-2
Label : Blue Note Records

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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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