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

December 21, 2012

1:06 PM
Winter Wonderland
Artist : Chet Baker
Album : Yule Struttin'
Catalog : CDP 7 94857 2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:08 PM
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Artist : Poncho Sanchez
Album : Latin Jazz Christmas
Catalog : CCD-2202-2
Label : Concord Picante
1:13 PM
Jingle Bells
Artist : Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Album : Jazz Yule Love II
Catalog : MAC 1029
Label : Mack Avenue Records
1:19 PM
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Artist : Diana Krall
Album : Christmas Songs
Catalog : B0004717-02
Label : Verve
1:23 PM
Sleigh Ride
Artist : Duke Pearson
Album : Ultimate Jazz Christmas
Catalog : 63527-2
Label : Blue Note Records
1:29 PM
The Christmas Song
Artist : Ray Brown Trio with Kevin Mahogany
Album : Christmas Songs
Catalog : CD-83437
Label : Telarc
1:35 PM
Sugar Rum Cherry
Artist : Duke Ellington
Album : Three Suites
Catalog : CK 46825
Label : Columbia
1:38 PM
Christmas Medley: Carol Of The Bells; Melodies For The Day; O Santissimo
Artist : The Swingle Singers
Album : Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
Catalog : 840 501-2
Label : Verve
1:41 PM
Christmas Time Is Here
Artist : Nathan Eklund
Album : Crafty Christmas
Catalog : 22096
Label : OA2 Records
1:47 PM
Deck The Halls With Boston Charlie
Artist : Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Album : Jingle Bell Swing
Catalog : A 59970
Label : Sony Music
1:50 PM
Christmas Waltz
Artist : Oscar Peterson
Album : An Oscar Peterson Christmas
Catalog : CD-83372
Label : Telarc
2:00 PM
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Artist : Roy Hargrove
Album : A Merry Jazzmas
Catalog : 09026-63526-2
Label : RCA Victor
2:06 PM
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Artist : Jimmy Smith
Album : Christmas Cookin'
Catalog : 314 513 711-2
Label : Verve
2:11 PM
Snowfall
Artist : Tim Warfield
Album : Jazzy Christmas
Catalog : UM007
Label : Independent
2:22 PM
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Artist : Joe Williams
Album : Verve Presents: The Very Best Of Christmas Jazz
Catalog : 314 549 067-2
Label : Verve
2:26 PM
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
Artist : The George Shearing Quintet
Album : Christmas With The George Shearing Quintet
Catalog : CD-83438
Label : Telarc
2:32 PM
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Artist : Nancy Wilson
Album : A Nancy Wilson christmas
Catalog : MCGJ1008
Label : MCG Jazz
2:38 PM
White Christmas
Artist : Bobby Timmons
Album : Various Artists: The Christmas Collection
Catalog : OJCCD-6011
Label : Prestige
2:45 PM
Merry Christmas Baby
Artist : Paul Zauner’s Cristmas All-Stars
Album : Dwight Christmas
Catalog : 11190
Label : Pao Records
2:49 PM
Christo Redentor
Artist : Bobby Watson & Jack Walrath
Album : Yule Be Boppin'
Catalog : CDP 7243 8 56991 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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