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 07, 2012

1:06 PM
Birdland
Artist : Mike Barone Big Band
Album : Birdland
Catalog : R/R 111
Label : Rhubarb Recordings
1:13 PM
Three Spheres
Artist : Joe Gilman
Album : Relativity
Catalog : 74119-2
Label : Capri Records
1:20 PM
This For Joe
Artist : Rene Marie
Album : Black Lace Freudian Slip
Catalog : MTM-74
Label : Motema
1:27 PM
Contemplation
Artist : McCoy Tyner
Album : The Real McCoy
Catalog : 7807-2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:37 PM
Keep The Faith
Artist : Pharez Whitted
Album : For The People
Catalog : 82624
Label : Origin
1:44 PM
Falling Waltz
Artist : Frank Kimbrough Trio
Album : Live At Kitano
Catalog : PM 2161
Label : Palmetto Records
1:51 PM
My Shining Hour
Artist : Pepper Adams
Album : The Master
Catalog : MCD 5213
Label : Muse Records
2:00 PM
You Send Me
Artist : Kurt Elling
Album : 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Catalog : CJA-33959-02
Label : Concord Jazz
2:05 PM
Smile, Stacey
Artist : Stanley Turrentine
Album : That's Where It's At
Catalog : 311494-2
Label : Blue Note Records
2:13 PM
Something For Charlie
Artist : Ed Cherry
Album : It's All Good
Catalog : PR8102
Label : PosiTone
2:19 PM
The Quiet Side
Artist : The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Album : Ritmo!
Catalog : CR201209
Label : Clavo Records
2:28 PM
Hard To Say Goodbye
Artist : Deborah Brown
Album : All Too Soon
Catalog : No Number
Label : Jazzvoix
2:31 PM
Flow
Artist : Chad McCullogh & Bram Weijters
Album : Urban Nightingale
Catalog : 82626
Label : Origin
2:40 PM
The Ballad Of Chet Kincaid
Artist : Branford Marsalis Quartet
Album : Crazy People Music
Catalog : CK 46072
Label : Columbia
2:45 PM
A Long Way Ahead
Artist : Nobuki Takamen
Album : Three Wishes
Catalog : DCD 594
Label : Summit Records
2:51 PM
Dear Old Chicago
Artist : Clifford Jordan Quartet
Album : Bearcat
Catalog : OJCCD-494-2
Label : Jazzland

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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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